Word: hotbox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SERVO CORP. OF AMERICA at Hicksville, N.Y., produces infra-red fire-detection systems for aircraft as well as hotbox detectors, which are placed beside rail tracks to sense an overheated wheel bearing as it passes, warn maintenance crews of hotboxes. The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. installed 17 such detectors for around $400.000. reckons it saves more than that amount each year in labor costs...