Train splits

[NW Mailing List]

Closing the angle cock on a cut of cars and not allowing an emergency  
application of the train.


Walter Gay
Grumpy ex-car knocker





On Oct 24, 2010, at 11:43 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> For those of us who never worked on 1:1 scale trains, what does  

> "bottle the air" mean? Thanks.

>

> Rob Doorack

>

> On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org 

> > wrote:

>

>> WVC... They can, Nevermind..... At least they were smart enough to  

>> teach you not to bottle it, unlike in other cases, resulting in the  

>> Intimidateing of employees into making unsafe moves.

>>

>> Nathan

>>

>> Nathan Simmons

>> trainman51 at gmail.com

>> http://www.t-51.org

>> KI4MSK

>>

>>

>> On 10/23/2010 22:20, NW Mailing List wrote:

>>> When we trained on the West Virginia Central one of the items we  

>>> studied and learned NOT to do was to bottle the air. The results  

>>> could be unpredictable and dangerous.

>>> Thanks,

>>> Richard D. Shell

>>> Troutville, VA

>>> In a message dated 10/23/2010 2:42:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org 

>>>  writes:

>>>

>>>   /"When I worked on the RF&P(1984-1987) it was standard procedure

>>>   to make a service reduction and then close the angle cock on the

>>>   train that we were cutting away from. We never had any accidental

>>>   releases!/

>>>   /Walt Gay"/

>>>   //

>>>   You got lucky!

>>>   Jimmy

>>>

>>>

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