12 ROADS TELL OF HB DETECTOR USAGE

A survey was conducted among several major U.S. and Canadian railroads concerning hotbox detector usage including questions pertaining to location practices, maintenance of detectors, means of alerting train crews when detectors are actuated by overheated journals, and train-stopping criteria. This article is developed from replies received from 12 railroads using 209 General Electric, 88 General Railway Signal, 9 Railtron and 914 Servo Corp, hotbox detectors.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 13-17
• Serial:
  • Railway System Controls
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Business Press International Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hot box detectors; Surveys
• Old TRIS Terms: Hot box detector location; Hot box detector maintenance
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041028
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 1976 12:00AM