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Mixing brake types
Mixing brake types
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Mixing brake types
Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, September 8, 2001 1:18 AM
Could the prototype mix cars with the modern AB type brakes and the older K type in the same train? If not how did they manage during the change over between types?
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thirdrail1
Member since
January 2001
From: Niue
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Posted by
thirdrail1
on Saturday, September 8, 2001 9:24 AM
You in essence answered your own question. Any improvement put into general use MUST be compatible with the previous system to permit transition from one to the other. This is way electropneumatic braking has not yet been adopted.
"The public be ***ed, it's the
Pennsylvania Railroad
I'm competing with." - W.K.Vanderbilt
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thirdrail1
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January 2001
From: Niue
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Posted by
thirdrail1
on Saturday, September 8, 2001 9:26 AM
That "way" is supposed to be "why".
"The public be ***ed, it's the
Pennsylvania Railroad
I'm competing with." - W.K.Vanderbilt
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, September 9, 2001 12:01 AM
Thanks for the info. I thought that was the case. I've looked in books and on the web for the answer and found everything about how the systems worked, but nowhere did it say they would work together. Again thanks for clearing that up.
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