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  • n  a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated

  • Derksen points out a hotbox detector at trackside, an infrared gadget that spots defective wheel bearings; one installation can cost as much as $50,000, but a single derailment .
  • DISASTER In the Wheatlands Smoke from the hotbox eddied beneath the locomotive.
  • But just a few steps away sits the White House briefing room, a hotbox of cameras and television lights, where the President holds no real dominion.
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  • More 90s Tomorrow, Then Turning Cooler
    Chief Meteorologist Justin Stapleton‘s Wednesday Night Forecast Discussion: How about another day of mid 90s across the valleys!? It was hot again as high pressure continues to keep a hotbox of a forecast over most of the Pacific Northwest. Even the overnight hours are cooling very slowly, still in the 70s at midnight tonight, and falling … Continue reading »
    July 25, 2013 - KEZI 9 Eugene

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