... ===================== If you go here: http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/index.html and scroll down there are a couple of articles about air brakes. ...
I received this via the GFMRC website. I make no qualitative judgments on this. That's up to you but I said I would pass it along. We are selling our old...
George: He was partly right. When the cars "brake pipe" is connected together via the air hoses to the engine's brake valve, the brakes would be "set" ...
Jim: Actually the correct term depends on who you are talking to. If talking to that "rail" worker as you say, the correct term is "bleed" rod because that is...
... The problem was that my friend had a misunderstanding about the spring in the brake cylinder, he thought that without air the spring set the brakes. He...
Our club has two parallel classification yards, one northbound, one southbound, separated by the thoroughfare and bounded by the arrival/departure tracks. How...
I'm not home so I don't have access to my referances but I believe that Model Railroader magazine had an article a couple years back titles, "Name That Track"....
... ======================== Normally they would be numbered away from the main. The siding might be 1, the 3 long tracks next to the siding 2-4-5 and the...
Thanks to Roger T., Dave Bayless, Russ, and Hoghead32 for their help me understand the use of retainers on coming downhill. Together with the Trains article, I...
... You bet Dave! I still have a bunch of switch motors to install in the staging yard before I can get to work on the upper deck, but the roadbed is all in...
... BNSF Galvin yard has two main lines running down the middle East/West. North Main, South Main. Start with number one and go up from these mains you then...
OK, in relation to the Rule 17 question... What rule book did CP and ACR use around 1980? And is there a copy of these versions available on the Internet? Have...
Most of us think of modeling a prototype by duplicating the engines, cars, scenes, and trains of a particular railroad in some scale. A fellow in Michigan is...
Jim, I believe you are referring to Mike Burgett. His website is www.ctcparts.com Rick Wataon ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
If the DS from 1968 was somehow zapped to this room, he wouldn't be able to tell anything was different until he walked outside. Jim Schweitzer Not to nit...
... metal rod ... on this ... to ... roll free. ... and bleed ... Dave, how are the brakes dealt with when switching an industry? When a car is to be picked...
I just have to ask. Are there any model trains involved here or just the CTC office? Bill Bill, Mike has the basement all set to start building bench work. All...
Terry wrote -- Mike has the basement all set to start building bench work. All partitions are in and it won't be long. Mike is modeling Clifton Forge to...
John: Typically cars switched to industries would use air that is the air brakes are cut in and could be applied partially while the car is shoved to spot....
... <GEORGESIMMONS@p...> wrote: I am in need of a good source of information concerning air brakes. Thanks in advance George Simmons Dry Prong, LA ======== Try...
Any ideas on this subject. I have a car ferry (thru the shoals to the staging shelf below) and for the Ry-Ops any sites or suggestions on how these operations...
... air ... shoved ... <snip> Dave, I think maybe I got it. Let's see ... When arriving at a customer's spur, and there is a car (or more) to pick up, the...
... This can be done. Most engineers don't like doing it because then all the stopping power is supplied by the locomotives. An example: Take a trailer. You...
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