I thought it was great!
They spotted the coaches by the Train Depot right down town close to a couple of movies and set up the cook house right on the lawn.
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Saturday, July 05, 2014
Another July Mishap! #2
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A journal or journal box is the
enclosure at the ends of axles
that house the bearings & need
constant lubrication or they
will burn up as a "hot box"
Early versions needed manual
oiling fairly often but newer
units have a reservoir for the
heavy lube that automatically
keeps the bearings wet for an
extended period of time
The circus train crew would have been responsible for keeping the journal boxes checked for packing and lube oil, to make sure there were no hot boxes.
Not only "would have been" but
they still are Bob & oiling is
easy but the changing of wheels
is really tough & back in my
days we carried spares of a few
different sizes for different
vintage cars
In order to put any car on any
track you don't own each car is
required to pass the federal
mandated inspection each year
but journals & wheels get more
attention during the year
It was a faulty wheel that was
the cause of the 94 wreck that
took Ted's life
In the early 60s the 1 & only
RBBX train carried 17 cars
I'm told that each of their 2
trains carry nearly 60 each
Another life was lost, also. Ceslee Conkling was 28, and had been a featured clown over there for 3 years.
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