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Re: Union Pacific training video -- Bottling the Air is not "leaking off"...FYI
Author: steve
Date: 11-14-2018 - 07:54
BOB2 Wrote:
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> WAF, I suggest you maybe might want to actually
> watch the video.
>
> Because with the air "bottled", you have left the
> brake line "charged" and the brakes "released",
> and nothing needs to "leak" to make it roll away
> on a grade. In this case, a leaky train line
> would be a good thing, as it would leak down and
> setup the brakes.
>
>True then the train or cut of cars would continue leaking air and at some point the brakes would release and the cars or train on a grade would roll away.. Loss of air sets the brakes but only in a charged system. Complete loss of air, no brakes.
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> WAF, I suggest you maybe might want to actually
> watch the video.
>
> Because with the air "bottled", you have left the
> brake line "charged" and the brakes "released",
> and nothing needs to "leak" to make it roll away
> on a grade. In this case, a leaky train line
> would be a good thing, as it would leak down and
> setup the brakes.
>
>True then the train or cut of cars would continue leaking air and at some point the brakes would release and the cars or train on a grade would roll away.. Loss of air sets the brakes but only in a charged system. Complete loss of air, no brakes.
