1(in a railroad vehicle) an overheated axle box or journal box.
Example sentencesExamples
A hot box detector went off about 10 miles from Alpine.
Things they would watch for included smoke or fire from a hot box (wheel journal), shifted loads, and dragging equipment, evidenced by signs of freshly damaged ties etc. as seen from a rearward look.
The infamous hot box detector at Springer caught us and resulted in a half hour delay, which killed most of the time we made up.
At 6: 09 PM, I heard a defect detector at milepost 165.1 say that it found a hot box.
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another term for sweatbox (sense 1)
Definition of hot box in US English:
hot box
noun
1(in a railroad vehicle) an overheated journal box.
Example sentencesExamples
At 6: 09 PM, I heard a defect detector at milepost 165.1 say that it found a hot box.
Things they would watch for included smoke or fire from a hot box (wheel journal), shifted loads, and dragging equipment, evidenced by signs of freshly damaged ties etc. as seen from a rearward look.
The infamous hot box detector at Springer caught us and resulted in a half hour delay, which killed most of the time we made up.
A hot box detector went off about 10 miles from Alpine.