The just made an announcement, but not over the PA, but there is a busted axle on train 4 the Southwest Chief. We are somewhere is in Missouri. It will be interesting to see how long we are here. The air conditioning is still going, so that's the important part to me.
Busted axle on the swc train 4
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Well that didn't take long. We are moving again. We stopped for only about 40 minutes. So now I know!
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Busted axle meaning a Defect Detector detected a hot axle? Sounds something like that.
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To the best of my understanding a broken axle would likely require a multi-hour delay, or the loss of the car via set out, so I presume this was a false alarm or miscommunication.
