 | | Re: Train poster —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | (...) Frasier River gorge, then? (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Train poster —Chuck Kabesh
| | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Train poster —James Powell
| | | | | (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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