Tons per operative brake

greyhounds

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From: Antioch, IL
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Posted by greyhounds on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:27 PM

jeffhergert

The chart in the system special instructions I use shows an articulated two platform auto carrier has being 2 brakes.

Jeff

Thank you Jeff. Thank you a lot.

"By many measures, the U.S. freight rail system is the safest, most efficient and cost effective in the world." - Federal Railroad Administration, October, 2009. I'm just your average, everyday, uncivilized howling "anti-government" critic of mass government expenditures for "High Speed Rail" in the US. And I'm gosh darn proud of that.

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jeffhergert

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From: Central Iowa
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Posted by jeffhergert on Monday, April 13, 2015 3:18 PM

The chart in the system special instructions I use shows an articulated two platform auto carrier has being 2 brakes.

Jeff

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jrbernier

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From: SE Minnesota
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Posted by jrbernier on Monday, April 13, 2015 8:47 AM

How many brake systems are on the car? That 5 platform car has 6 trucks, and 3 brake pistons being driven. The 3 platform car has 4 trucks and 2 pistons driving the brake shoes. The 2 unit auto carrier has 3 trucks, but how many brake pistons are driving the brake shoes on the 3 sets of trucks under it? I have not looked, but I suspect someone here as 'looked' under one of these cars. Maybe a copy of the railroad's special instructions has your answer.

Jim

Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin

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greyhounds

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From: Antioch, IL
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Tons per operative brake

Posted by greyhounds on Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:34 PM

If a five platform intermodal car is equivalent to three operative brakes and a three plaform intermodal car is equivalent to two operative brakes, how many operative bakes does a two platform articulated auto carrier equate to?

"By many measures, the U.S. freight rail system is the safest, most efficient and cost effective in the world." - Federal Railroad Administration, October, 2009. I'm just your average, everyday, uncivilized howling "anti-government" critic of mass government expenditures for "High Speed Rail" in the US. And I'm gosh darn proud of that.

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