Hot Times on the High Iron - Today: Engineer’s Journal; Train Date 12.16.06
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Journal
That part of an axle which rotates inside an axle-box and thus forms the bearing surface.
Joy Valve-Gear ...
Journal - The portion of an axle that is contained by a bearing.
Journal Box - Found on railway trucks, these housings contain a journals and bearings.
The Journal for Military Miniature Enthusiasts
Milihistriot Quarterly can trace its existence to the Bob Bard Bulletin, a catalogue that also contained small articles about military history and miniatures. It ran in the 1950s.
Journal
The load bearing part of an axle. The weight of the axle is carried by the journal bearing, which is enclosed by the journal box.
Junction ...
Journal Box
Metal box around axle bearing for holding a lubricant saturated pad next to the wheel bearing.
Journal Log ...
Journal Load bearing part of an axle that rides in the support bearing or sideframe.
Kingpin Pivot point of a truck that connects it to the bolster.
Kitbashing (Kitmingling) Mixing parts of kits to make your own creation.
Journal
The load-bearing part of a railroad car axle. The weight of the axle is carried by the journal bearing, enclosed in the journal box.
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JEWEL"Journal brass
JIGGER"Full tonnage of "dead" freight
JIMMIES"Four-wheel coal or ore cars ...
Scientific journals produced in the UK include Nature, the British Medical Journal and The Lancet. In 2006, it was reported that the UK provided 9% of the world's scientific research papers and a 12% share of citations.[102]
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Hot journal with packings afire.
BLE
See Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Overheated wheel journal or wheel bearing caused by excess friction between bearing and journal, lack of lubricant, or foreign matter which usually causes journal packing to burn and smoke.
Hot Box Detector ...
" Rolling Resistance Resistance that is made up of wheel friction, journal friction, and wind resistance. It is non recoverable. Rotary Dump Car A car that is unloaded by turning it completely over.
Hot Box On friction bearings, an overheated journal bearing. House Track A track entering, or along side a freight house. Cars are spotted here for loading or unloading.
Train Order Book-This is a book owned by the railroad and similar to a hardbound journal type of book. In this book the dispatcher would write each of his orders. He would write the order as he informed the operators of his orders.
Hot-box - An overheated journal or bearing on a freight car wheel resulting from breakdown of lubricating film between bearing and journal.
Hot Shot - A fast through freight.
Journal The bearing in which an axle turns. Jumpers Multi-core cables used to provide electrical connections between railway vehicles. Presumably they allowed the electricity to "jump" between coaches.
N-Scale Magazine - For those of you who like N-scale, this is the journal for you. It always has great, informative articles, many of which are useful for all scales. The only bad thing is that it only comes out every other month.
There is an article about LARS in the 15-Apr-04 edition of the Virtual Model Railway Journal free online magazine, now renamed Virtual Railroader (external link verified Dec-04).
Now add distinctive elements to the scene - a lady kissing her beau goodbye, a porter capturing an escaped goose, a trainman oiling a journal box, a dog with a squirrel up a tree.
Another trick is to rig wipers to the tender axles thus bypassing the journals. With multiple paths for current flow the probability of arc breeding open circuits is reduced. The OHM BUGS are out flanked.
Jointed track: Track in which the rails are laid in lengths of around 20 m and bolted to each other end-to-end by means of fishplates (UK) or joint bars (US).
Journal bearing: a bearing without rolling-elements ...
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