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Re: Train poster
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 19:28:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Chuck Kabesh wrote:
> I have updated my train poster and virtual MOCs on my web page.
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> http://www3.telus.net/chuck
Very pretty. I like the background choice too. Was that shot taken in the
Frasier River gorge, then?
> While I was re-modeling the locomotive I included the wheel that I've noticed in
> the nose of an actual SD in the switchyard near the Westminster Quay. My
> question is: what is the purpose of the wheel?
Handbrake, I believe.
EVERYTHING (that might enter interchange service) has to have a handbrake, if I
am not mistaken, even locomotives that normally are powered have that
requirement.
Why? Sometimes locomotives are shipped from place to place and set out on
sidings, with their diesel off. In that case you'd want to be able to set the
handbrake so the locomotive doesn't roll away.
Hope that helps. If I'm wrong, you'll know soon enough, a lot of experts hang
out here.
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| (...) Snip (...) Thanks for the info. My first guess would have been a brake but I certainly wasn't going to guess out loud... not with all the experts here. The background scene is a shot of Pryamid Mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta. If you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yes, they are handbrakes. (...) It doesn't particularly matter- the way that brakes are dealt with on trains now is that they are a fail on device. I think that the hand brake wheel is to take the brakes OFF rather than put them on- I don't do (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| I have updated my train poster and virtual MOCs on my web page. (URL) I was re-modeling the locomotive I included the wheel that I've noticed in the nose of an actual SD in the switchyard near the Westminster Quay. My question is: what is the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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