Indiana, United States
Tolleston Interchange
Interchange yard between two Class I railroads. Eight hot bearings and brakes across 340 cars.
52
ha
Area covered
41
min
Flight time
8
flagged
Anomalies found
73
°C
Hottest reading
Findings
Car TTX 641203: hand brake left applied, wheel at 72.6 °C
Six bearings above the 50 K alarm line
One reefer unit compressor overheating
Debrief
Cars were matched to the waybill list by reporting mark, read from the daylight frame.
Findings were split by railroad so each carrier got its own bad-order list.
Three hundred and forty cars in forty minutes. The car inspectors start at the eight that matter.
Terrence Hall, mechanical foreman
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