A seized bearing is my first guess.

David

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> On 21 Mar 2024, at 9:59 am, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

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> The attached rather striking picture shows an axle from a Melbourne tram.

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> How did the damage occur?

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> Mal Rowe - who worked it out with a bit of help from the pencilled note on the back

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