Haute-Garonne, France
Saint-Jory Sidings
Marshalling yard sidings and signalling cabinets. Eleven anomalies, mostly track-side equipment.
61
ha
Area covered
44
min
Flight time
11
flagged
Anomalies found
70
°C
Hottest reading
Findings
Signalling cabinet S-47 at 69.9 °C, cooling fan stopped
Seven wagon bearings above threshold
Three insulated rail joints with abnormal heating
Debrief
Signal cabinets were flown at low altitude with a 45° oblique so the vented face was visible.
Cabinet findings went to the signalling contractor, wagon findings to the freight operator.
A cabinet at seventy degrees in August is a signal failure waiting for a heatwave.
Claire Martin, maintenance planner
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