Train reports recurring mechanical fault with radiator fan


Audio|Source: BNSF Seligman Sub: Flagstaff, AZ Wide-Area
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Fourth Cautical. Caternal answering Darling Radio. At 6-610, go ahead. I've seen some oxalt faults coming up in there. That'll make you drop some load in a hurry. Is it happening often or completely no load or what's going on? that's rat fan is causing. Now it looks like that rat fan is still spinning, which is good because they're not overheating. It looks like it's just when that rat fan starts up. So it goes from a dead stop to turn on, then you're getting that fault pop up and then once it gets up the speed, it clears. So you haven't failed yet, but you are failing. So as of right now, it's going to keep on using it for all she's worth. If you get to the point you no longer have a load or that thing starts overheating. and this unit will be toast, but you could use it until then. That's definitely possible. We never know for sure. It might be able to make it, and it might not. We really don't know. Depends how bad that ground is. I can't go throw a defect at it. I have a mechanic, but look at it when it gets home. Whether or not you're going to make it all the way through that run and make it through that run or not, I really don't know my route for you, but I'm not holding my breath. It's going to be affecting everything. Every time that Radfan kicks on to cool off the water temperature, it's going to do it. When it gets the hottest part of the desert, Radfan kicks on, it'll pretty much stay running. So it won't be affecting you. It's only when it turns off and kicks back on. That engine's warm, it'll stay running that whole time, and it won't affect you anymore. So that's what I'm saying. We really don't know how it's going to go, but yeah, hopefully you guys have made...
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Near E Phoenix Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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