I was wondering why they put a plain axle on the locomotive after removing a powered axle. The YouTube description says that the motor seized, so they installed the plain axle to get it to a shop where they could do the whole job.
I was wondering that too, but figured a field repair must mean a really bad problem on that axle, and that they stuck in a new axle to limp home with, just to get it back to a garage where they could do a good repair. Either from lack of available parts to bring to the engine, or fast and quick swap out in the field instead of time consuming connections with lube oil systems, hydraulic brake lines, sensors, etc.
I was wondering why they put a plain axle on the locomotive after removing a powered axle. The YouTube description says that the motor seized, so they installed the plain axle to get it to a shop where they could do the whole job.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering that too, but figured a field repair must mean a really bad problem on that axle, and that they stuck in a new axle to limp home with, just to get it back to a garage where they could do a good repair. Either from lack of available parts to bring to the engine, or fast and quick swap out in the field instead of time consuming connections with lube oil systems, hydraulic brake lines, sensors, etc.
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