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Re: Of brake stands and ''dramatic braking'' |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Mon Jul 30 12:30:19 2007, in response to Re: Of brake stands and ''dramatic braking'', posted by Jeff H. on Mon Jul 30 05:07:45 2007. My point was that Amtrak would not use dynamic braking from the locomotive to slow the train down before applying friction brakes in the cars, due to the jostling that would happen. Certainly it would reduce wear on the friction brakes, but passengers would complain. |
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