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Re: Double heading steam, brakes question
Author: Mike Swanson
Date: 10-10-2011 - 10:18

Matt Farnsworth Wrote:
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> I have been watching some really great videos of
> the recent C&TS double headers (some in the snow).
> It has got me wondering, how does braking work?
> Do steam locomotives have multiple air hoses like
> diesels do for the train brake and independent
> brake? Or, since each locomotive has it's own
> crew, does each engineer control his/her own
> independent brake? Which engineer controls the
> train brake?
> Matt
> Moscow ID
Steam locomotives have their own separately operated independent brake systems and don't operate in MU mode unless they're specifically equipped for that, and I don't know of any in North America that currently are (NYC and Pennsy had some that were, IIRC, but I'm not sure of that); the ex-DRGW locomotives running on the C&TS never were. The lead engineer usually controls the train brake.

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  Double heading steam, brakes question Matt Farnsworth 10-10-2011 - 10:01
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  Re: Double heading steam, brakes question Mike Swanson 10-10-2011 - 10:21
  Re: Double heading steam, brakes question Mike Swanson 10-10-2011 - 10:18
  Re: Double heading steam, brakes question Marty Bernard 10-10-2011 - 22:36
  Re: Double heading steam, brakes question Dr Zarkoff 10-11-2011 - 19:46


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