03-27-2010, 07:08 PM
The brakes over there must work differently to ours then, our air brakes lock full on as soon as the airlines are disconnected ie the air pushes the brake shoes off the rim, making it then possible for to carriage to be moved- thus without a shunter attached(ie supplying air) they wouldnt roll unless you manually wind the brakes off.
And there is not easy way of doing that (I helped one of our mechanics to do one as an apprentice- EVERY individual brake shoe had to by wound off with a spanner before he could drag it off the sidings and into the shed)
And there is not easy way of doing that (I helped one of our mechanics to do one as an apprentice- EVERY individual brake shoe had to by wound off with a spanner before he could drag it off the sidings and into the shed)
poopsie chicken tush