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[QUOTE]Originally posted by reggierail: [QB] Superliner cars are heavier than the auto-racks even if the auto-racks were loaded with the heaviest vehicles now on the road. The superliner diner probably the heaviest car on the train behind the locomotive. The speculation that the heavy auto-racks might have squeezed the passenger cars off of the tracks is incorrect. One of, if not the heaviest, passenger rail car was the Santa Fe Hi-Level Buffet Diner. It was so heavy it even had 6 wheel trucks. I worked as an LSA on a trip aboard the Sunset Ltd. that had a Hi-Level diner in the consist. Our train set off a detector & the train was stopped to check for overheated bearings. The detector message gives the axle number & the crew would count back to find the suspect axle. After checking the suspect axle & finding no defect, the train continued. We set off another detector & I, being a train buff, asked the conductor if he took into consideration the fact that our diner had 6 axles. He was not aware of that and in fact was quite amazed. He then refigured the location of the suspect axle and indeed found a defect. That car was then pulled from the consist and we continued on our way. Reggie [/QB][/QUOTE]
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