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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 30 |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Aug 1 16:29:57 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 30, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jul 31 20:30:59 2020. I recall that someone made a comment about the brake valve on one end of 1689 being a little “off” whatever that meant. In 1969 when I was a M/M on the KK I had a train that seemed to have no operable electric holding position. Whenever I made an application and returned to electric holding, the brakes would release instead or remaining applied so I had to operate slightly differently from normal. Now I don’t recall the car number but 1689 would have been in the BNT East at the time so It might have been that car I was operating. Another possibility is that 1689 might have an ME-30 brake valve instead of an ME-23. Both brake valves are functionally identical but when properly mounted in the cab, the positions on the ME-30 are off about a 1/4 inch from an ME-23. Most AMUE brake valves on the NYCTS were ME-23, but the SIRT cars and certain IRT Steinways and Lo-Vs that were equipped in the mid 1930s had ME-30s. Since the brake valves are interchangeable, it’s possible that during some sort of maintenance being done probably at 207 Yd, a spare ME-30 left over from one of the Lo-Vs found its way into 1689 causing it to have a slightly different feel. |
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