Defect Photo Gallery
The following photo gallery displays defects commonly found on railroad passenger equipment. To enlarge photos, please click on thumbnails.
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Defective HEP cable
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Defective HEP cable
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Defective HEP cables
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Budd heater mount crack
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Budd side sill crack
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Budd welded grab iron crack
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Aluminum corrosion in collision post
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Bad bolster anchor shims and loose rubber
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Defective disc brake rotor
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Bad flange
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Bad profile & flange
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Defective shock absorber rubbers
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Defective & bent communication line pins
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Bent & tilted anchor bolster rod
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Bent & worn cut lever & eye
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Bent draft gear shim
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Blown out HEP can
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Bolster hitting truck frame
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Box too low in jaw
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Brake head cutting into wheel
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Brake head cutting into wheel
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Broken brake head bushing
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Broken center sill in coupler pocket
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Broken coil spring
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Broken H coupler
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Broken equalizer seat
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Buckled buffer plate
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Corrosion under Pullman stainless fluting
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Cracked casting and brkt on carrier casting
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Cracked center plate
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Cracked ellip bolster spring band
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Cracked pedestal liner
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Cracked side brng brkt w excess clearance
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Crash damage, ouch!
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Crash damage
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More crash damage
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Crashpost rust
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Wheel damage by worn brake shoe
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Damaged fixed jumper control loop wire
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Dented air reservoir
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Displaced and non-locking cut lever
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Equalizer hitting and damaged by pedestal
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Equalizer shims damaged and worn seat
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Equalizers spread and metal shims loose
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Bad flange & profile
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Handbrake lever brkt and mounting rusted
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Loose bolster anchor rubber
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Loose carrier iron bolts
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Loose pedestal strap
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Overlapping brake shoe with loose key
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Over-shimmed equalizer spring
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Poor handrail fastening pt cracked corner post
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Rust between side sill and side sheet
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Rust under step pads
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Rust under car floor
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Rusted step mounting angle and floor pan
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Slid and over heated wheel
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Slid wheel and brake head damage
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Steel rust under stainless skin
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Tightlock pocket too tight no vert clearance
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Transformer covers missing and damaged wires
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Unsafe and worn diaphragm wear plates
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Vestibule and end sheet rust
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Weak leaves and loose leaves u-bolted
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Vestibule endsheet rust behind bondo
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Welded coupler shank
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Worn box lateral liners
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Worn flange
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Worn hollow
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Wrong wheel taper
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Defective bearing race
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Coupler hitting HEP can
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Equalizer seat over shimmed and worn box
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Aluminum corrosion in side sheet
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Side sheet and side sill repair
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Budd defective side sill repair
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Budd defective side sill repair
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Defective weld on Budd side sill
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Defective weld on Budd car
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Defective weld on stainless Budd car
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Defective stainless steel repair on Budd car
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Cracks in stainless barrel under dome
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Do not put a trap in A/C condensate drain, water will freeze in trap
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Bad bolster anchor rod sleeve and rubber
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Worn brake head
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Bad side sill
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Bad side sill
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Bent bolster anchor rod
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Broken bushing
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Broken pedestal liner
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Broken spring band and elliptical spring hitting equalizer
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Collapsed coil spring
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Cracked center plate
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Cracked center plate
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Cracked pedestal liner
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Rust damage to close to brake wheel, can cause injury
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Spreading bolt on elliptical spring
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Elliptical spring hitting and wearing equalizer
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Galvanized water pipe on air system
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Hand brake cable eye corroded
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Missing pedestal bolt
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Rusted & broken coil springs
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Side sill failure
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Rusted steps about to fall off
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Swing hanger wearing into spring plank
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Swing hanger worn into spring plank
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Too much seal tight
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Worn brake head
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Worn equalizers
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Worn pedestal liner