EW> I'd love to listen to a hot box detector
EW>  when a steam enging goes by.
KF>I'm a signal maintainer and i can't think of any reason they
KF>would have to disable a hbd because of a steam engine.
(...)
KF> But then
KF>again i've never personally seen or heard of one going over
KF>a hbd as there are no steam trains running in the area i work.
A hot box detector detects warm things going overhead, right?
Think about the firebox of a steam loco, with the hot-hot-hot
ashpan underneath. Wouldn't this be noticed by your HBD?
Reggie Arford
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