"Bottling the Air"

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Jimmy & Bruce,
 
To clarify just a bit for Bruce, the way to check the pressure on the rear of the train (as Jimmy has indicated must be done), there was an air gage on the cabs (in the good ole days), and today conductors have a hand held air gage which is coupled to the rear car for a pressure reading. Of course, if the train has an EOTD, it has a gage to read the pressure, and some can send the pressure reading to the engineer via radio signal.
 
Jeff Sanders

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From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: "Bottling the Air"
To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 8:07 PM





"How would you tell the system was fully charged in a made-up train "
 
The air brake law says that the rear car has to be charged to within 15lbs. psi of the feed valve setting on the locomotive to make a proper brake test. This applies to any train.
 

>From what I have been told, most coal trains are now draped over the crest of the grade in Bluefield. This basically eliminates the problems that created long delays to trains in the past. 

 
Jimmy Lisle
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