ECONOMIC SURVEY OF AXLES WITH OVERHEATED JOURNALS

The AAR Interchange Rule No. 84 is discussed, which requires an axle that overheated in service to be removed, the journal scored and cut, and the axle scrapped. This action was justified since a principal cause of broken journals is a result of continued use by not being detected when overheated. The net costs of scrapping these axles are discussed. The costs are expected to be more than offset by a reduction in journal failures.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Publication Date: 1964-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Costs; Journal boxes; Maintenance management; Safety; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Hot boxes
• Subject Areas: Finance; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039444
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MR-439 Tech Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM