I'll tell you what axle boxes are all about. My father told me about 65 years ago. He was in the engineer corps in the U.S. army and stationed in France during the first world war. He worked as a maintenance mechanic (oil gun) in the RR yards in France during the war. He told me that the Germans would infiltrate France during the nights and fill the AXLE BOXES of some of the cars with sand. The axles were mounted on halves of split bronze bushing in the boxes. The boxes were filled with cotton waste and then they were filled with oil. The wick action of the cotton would wet the lower half of the axle and lubricate the contact area where the bushing rested on the axle as it rotated The Germans would pull out the cotton waste before filling the box with sand. So the lower part of the axle was in contact with oily sand that would lift up to the bronze bushing and this would cause a break down of lubrication causing the axle and box to even get red hot and even catch on fire. His job was to go out with a big bucket of water and with a small hose arrange a siphon of water to the hot box (don't get excited fellows) to keep things cool while the car was slowly pulled back to the shop for repair. Today an axle box would probably be where the roller bearing are mounted that the axle runs on. It is not a box anymore, its a bearing support, part of the truck. Arthur--Mexico City
----- Original Message ----- From: "mdenning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <sslivesteam@colegroup.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:04 PM Subject: Re: BAGRS Project Loco
What is used for the axleboxes on the BAGRS ?? Thanks Michael
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <sslivesteam@colegroup.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: RE: BAGRS Project Loco
Doug,
Check out: http://www.panyo.com/bpe/drive.htm for drivetrain info,
and: http://www.panyo.com/bpe/photos.htm for overall views,
and finally: http://www.panyo.com/cad/ for the drawings.
Mike
-----Original Message----- From: sslivesteam@colegroup.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DougK Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:23 AM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: BAGRS Project Loco
Does anyone have photos, plans, instructions, or parts list for the BAGRS project loco from several years ago? Thanks, Doug
