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From: Dick Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: illiana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 22:04
Subject: [IllianaRR] Defect detectors
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> In the late seventies and early eighties some roads used
> pen brush recorders to read hot box information. The hot box
> detector would send its results to a pen recorder located in a
> near by tower. The tower operator would read the tape looking
> for spikes that indicated a hot box. The operator relayed this
> information to the train crew via radio.
>
The ICG and later, CCP had one of these at Waterloo. Conrail had one for
high cars at the CJ (Ashland Ave) yard office before it was converted to a
radio talker in the early 90's.
Tuch
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