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[[Category:Diesel Locomotive Parts]] | [[Category:Diesel Locomotive Parts]] | ||
== Brake Types == | |||
Live Steam equipment can be built with the following types of brakes. | Live Steam equipment can be built with the following types of brakes. | ||
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* [[Mechanical brakes]] | * [[Mechanical brakes]] | ||
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File:JohnKelso AAR50TonBrakes.jpg|[[John Kelso]]'s AAR 50 ton truck brake rigging. Photo by John Kelso. | |||
File:AllenModelsNevada NewArchBarTruck BrakeRigging 20151202.jpg|[[Allen Models of Nevada]] new Arch Bar Truck. Photo by Steve Alley, 2 December 2015. | |||
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== Mix and Match == | == Mix and Match == | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 31 December 2015
Brake Types
Live Steam equipment can be built with the following types of brakes.
John Kelso's AAR 50 ton truck brake rigging. Photo by John Kelso.
Allen Models of Nevada new Arch Bar Truck. Photo by Steve Alley, 2 December 2015.
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.