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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Mar 27 23:06:59 2015, in response to EBV question, posted by wallydog on Fri Mar 27 21:00:24 2015. Fast answers for you, I'll leave the details for others. The cord to pull the valve used to be out there in the open, hanging from a cord out of the cab. They were eventually covered over with a box to prevent "accidental" pulls but still retained on the older cars.If the cord was pulled, then the train would dump instantly wherever the cord was pulled. That's changed now so that if the cord can be pulled at all, it would be near the station, not in the middle of the tunnel. Resetting an EBV was no big deal, you'd have to figure out which car it was pulled in (you could tell by reading the air gauge in a cab how many cars back it was) and it was just a matter of walking back to the cab in question where the valve was pulled, and push the cork back in the hole to reset. Once the train charged back up, you were good to go again once you figured out WHY the train was dumped. No need to evacuate under any circumstances if it was an EBV pull only. Smoke or blood stains on the walls might be a reason to though. :) |
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