Steve,
Unfortunately the cars really dont take it. In the field you can't see the
damage that was done by that overspeed impact. The draft gears may be blown,the
sills bowed,follower blocks knocked out of position,draft gear keys and wedges
bent,shear plates bowed and on tank cars the tank bottom buckled under the
jacket that you can see on the outside or most likely the stub sill is
cracked.and the crack silently grows each year .
All this damage is found during a shop inspection and the car owner files a
claim with the handling carrier for Rule 95 damage and the battle rages on. Of
course sometimes the car doesn't go to shop for years and then one day the car
sill fails dramatically in the field and the car owner gets blamed for
putting this piece of XXXX on my railroad. In Canada the rule making
body(Transport
Canada-their version of the FRA) has a regulation that requires the carrier to
notify the tank car owner anytime they couple his car above 4MPH. The car
must be shopped and inspected before being loaded again.
That's why there's that clause in the special instructions of all rr
operating depts.about not coupling cars above 4MPH.
Leo
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