MORE random pics......

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by URY914

[daepp]

A quick trip up to Mt Baldy this morning with a buddy - and my first time behind the wheel of a Z - in this case, a 240 with a later 280 motor. Very fun car!

[legion]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

Here is what can happen when a freight car wheel stops turning while the train does not.

Why did it wear on one side and not the other? It is a solid axle.

Not so random:

(It wears a human mask.)

[id10t]

Enjoying a concert with Itzhak Pearlman

[JackDidley]

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by legion

Why did it wear on one side and not the other? It is a solid axle.

Yeah, that has always puzzled me too. This is purely a wild a$$ guess: Perhaps a section of the wheel tread fractured and fell off. The jagged edge dug in more and heated up, shedding off fragments while the other wheel was relatively smooth and just slid along. Because of the equalization in the truck suspension was then screwed up, less weight was transferred to the good wheel. It would have had a flat spot in the tread but nowhere as severe.

Random:

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

Yeah, that has always puzzled me too. This is purely a wild a$$ guess: Perhaps a section of the wheel tread fractured and fell off. The jagged edge dug in more and heated up, shedding off fragments while the other wheel was relatively smooth and just slid along. Because of the equalization in the truck suspension was then screwed up, less weight was transferred to the good wheel. It would have had a flat spot in the tread but nowhere as severe.



Random:

If you guys like trains and ever find yourself in Old Sacramento, then you would dig the Railroad Museum. They even have one of the original Gold Spikes when east met west.











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[john70t]

Downhill wheel?
Load shift?

*****#y impatient dispatcher and/or impatient train driver pushing those orders.

[Baz]

I'm new to the forum so please take it easy on me.

Is it OK to post in this thread without a pic?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Baz

I'm new to the forum so please take it easy on me.

Is it OK to post in this thread without a pic?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

[Baz]

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

If you guys like trains and ever find yourself in Old Sacramento, then you would dig the Railroad Museum. They even have one of the original Gold Spikes when east met west.

Oh yeah, I have made the pilgrimage a number of times.

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

Have a beer, it may help...

[URY914]

Not my wife.......

[sc_rufctr]

[widebody911]

[widebody911]

[cashflyer]

[Joe Bob]

I know I'm in the US when I can't read the fcking signs.....

[Jolly Amaranto]

This might be heading for PARF

Originally Posted by cashflyer

If you are born a man, you are a man. If you were a woman, you will continue to be. If you want to ride this bus, you will not find this sign over the restrooms.