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   Message 375 of 3,261   
   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to Jishnu Mukerji   
   Re: Slack action effects (was Re: safety   
   21 May 14 11:05:24   
   
   On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:40:15 PM UTC-4, Jishnu Mukerji wrote:   
      
   > Or in case of incompetent outfits like NJ Transit, if they forget to   
   > maintain earth return straps in EMUs causing return current to flow   
   > through the wheel bearings causing them to fail leading to a wheel and   
   > axle falling off. In a manner of speaking I suppose that falls in the   
   > category of going too fast since the train should be moving at all with   
   > that kind of poor maintenance and safety monitoring.   
      
      
      
   It's still irksome that NJT rebuilt its MU fleet and ended up reducing their   
   top speed from 100 mph to 90 or 80, and no one cares about the longer run   
   times.   
      
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