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Re: Of brake stands and ''dramatic braking'' |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Sun Jul 29 07:32:05 2007, in response to Re: Of brake stands and "dramatic braking", posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jul 29 06:15:38 2007. I had a NYCT work train where I used the feed valve for an application to see if that theory worked. Failure of a brake valve is very rare and because of the CEV, it probably was never used as such. I'm surprised folks in our days didn't drop the control breaker to make stops. Much better then pulling 8 or 10 #5 fuses and you are simply relying on properly set J-Relays instead of those erratic rheostats. They never should have installed J-14Ds on the R10s the way they did. They had one green car they reverted back to J1 and Cast Iron and it didn't appear to have flats again despite the dynamic woes. The R30 and R36s had the heaviest set dynamic, GOH R32s had the worst (when they arrived on property), the R62A has the worst handbrakes that will roll with all of them set at 137 and there is a "Corona Extra" awaiting to be run. |
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