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Provides the industry additional information on the potential catastrophic failure of certain railroad freight car side frame castings manufactured by National Castings of Mexico's (NCM) Sahagun, Mexico facility and Buckeye Steel Castings' (Buckeye)

Document Series:
Safety Advisories
Safety Advisory Number
2006-01
Subject:
Motive Power and Equipment
Keywords:
side frames; bolster; crack ; derailment ; critical load bearing
Document
sa2006_01.pdf (10.3 KB)

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Effective Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2006