Leo,
BNSF has some kind of hand held data device that can be downloaded
with the Early Warnings and the inspection results are input right at
the car in question.
Russ
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From: <qutlx1@a...>
To: <brhslist@Y...>
Sent: Friday, 14 February, 2003 20:37
Subject: [BRHSlist] AAR EW and MA
> I know its not Q but its definately RR. And my guess is most of the
> subscribers dont know about the AAR Early Warning/Maintenance Advisory system
> do you? I didnt when I worked on the railroad either.
> How do you get word out to all carriers to look for certain defects on
> certain types of cars they may have on their lines. You use the AAR Early
> Warning or Maitnenance Advisory System. It gets a little complicated so I'll
> spare the details fo how cars get on and off these lists but for todays
> discussion they just get there. The AAR sends snail mail and email(via UMler,
> we'll discuss Umler in another post) to the carriers showing what car marks
> and numbers and what to look for.Depending on whether its an Early Warning or
> M.A. (the Early Warning is the stricter of the two) the car can get inspected
> and return to service or get sent to owners location for repairs. The system
> has a prioroty basis for stopping cars (stop loaded or empty,thats generally
> the early warning or stop when mty and contact owner thats the usual M.A.
> language).
> Right now the system is dealing w/a very large batch of defective truck
> bolsters built in Mexico and finding the cars they are
> under,inspection,changing them out,etc is putting stress on all affected car
> owners and RRs.
> Leo
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