Hamburg, Germany
Maschen Yard
Night survey of the arrival sidings. Twelve wagons with warm axle bearings, one at 88.4 °C.
74
ha
Area covered
49
min
Flight time
12
flagged
Anomalies found
88
°C
Hottest reading
Findings
Wagon 31 80 4744 112-3, axle 2: bearing at 88.4 °C
Eleven further bearings 25–40 K above their axle partners
Two point heaters failed on track 214
Debrief
The yard was flown in strips along the tracks after the evening arrivals, while bearings were still warm from the run.
Wagon numbers were read from the daylight frame and attached to each finding, so the carriage and wagon team could pull the right wagons before departure.
We pulled four wagons before they left the yard. One of them would not have made Hanover.
Katrin Vogel, yard supervisor
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