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Wheel defect likely cause of fiery New Brunswick derailment
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Wheel defect likely cause of fiery New Brunswick derailment
Trains should substantiate Mr. Haws’ claim by preparing an article reporting on “those Chinese imports,” presumbably meaning the entire truck.
Gotta love those Chinese imports. the rail car manufactures save money by using them. Probably cost half what those made in Canada or the US do. I wonder just how many there are in service.
Very clear image of tread shell leading to crack that loosened wheel. Crack is at 12 o’clock, visible when u enlarge ( by spreading fingers.)
Damn those variable gauge wheelsets! ;^D
That’s what happens when companies buy Chinese made crap. There is now a case where an Australian railroad company purchased some locomotives utilizing asbestos. The locos are quarantined.
Mr. Haws has a good point - great topic for a Trains in-depth article. I’ve a friend who was a civil engineer for a company that installed water systems, etc. He said his company had begun to shift away from specifying Chinese-made valves because of continuously poor quality. You get what you pay for.
Mr Haw should research first and he would look less like a knee jerk. I was in the tank car field for nearly a decade so parts come from all over the world depending on the cost advantage, who made the car and when it was built. There are cars out there that are over forty years old and counting. Some parts made at home were crap too. Wheel set parts are cast steel so foreign is likely on the castings, its cheaper but not always better or even equal. Just ask Procor, they have had their issues with Mexican castings
Mr. McGinley is right, the crack is very clear. Which begs the question: Is the crack pre-derailment or post-derailment? Also, I find the focus of comments on Chinese quality control interesting. Is this a subject that Trains might want to investigate?