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See also | == Mix and Match == | ||
[http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=102355 Mike Venezia wrote]: | |||
: All my freight cars (20 +) have 1 truck air and 1 truck vacuum and this gives me a redundant brake system and lets us use different locos to pull them. I started doing this years ago and am very glad I did. | |||
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* [[Brake valve]] | * [[Brake valve]] | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 16 November 2015
John Kelso's AAR 50 ton truck brake rigging.
Live Steam equipment can be built with the following types of brakes.
Mix and Match
- All my freight cars (20 +) have 1 truck air and 1 truck vacuum and this gives me a redundant brake system and lets us use different locos to pull them. I started doing this years ago and am very glad I did.