Hand brakes

[zardoz]

Mookie-
One knows how many to apply only by experience, or the experience of another crewperson. Factors include the weight of the individual cars, the grade (incline) of the track, how many cars, loaded or empty, weather conditions (icy cold brakeshoes will not hold as well). I'm sure Ed will enlighten you better, for as a Snake he had vast more experience than I on the ground.

I do know that on CNW's SD40-2 it took about 50-75 pulls on the long-handle handbrake on the front of the locomotive-seemed like it took forever to crank that sucker!! Especially in the rain.

[Mookie]

[:D] Reading GCOR as I have time - on Google.

Apply sufficient number of hand brakes to prevent movement. How do you know what a sufficient number is? I would probably put them all on!

Kicking cars means?

Spring switches - sounds like you shouldn't move if you are on/over one. How do they work?

We will start there

Jen

[Mookie]

[:D] Reading GCOR as I have time - on Google.

Apply sufficient number of hand brakes to prevent movement. How do you know what a sufficient number is? I would probably put them all on!

Kicking cars means?

Spring switches - sounds like you shouldn't move if you are on/over one. How do they work?

We will start there

Jen