11-06-2014, 03:57 AM
Bob C Wrote:Just a guess, but that percussive air blast in the cab at the beginning of the video was likely the Engineer putting the train "in the Big Hole" - Emergency. Trains do take a while to stop, especially if heavily loaded - 100 cars of coal grosses-out (the weight you have to stop) at ~ 13,000 TONS (26,000,000 pounds !)...ask Sir Isaac Newton about mass & Inertia.
Yes,that escaping air sound was the engineer applying a EA of the brakes after that you're along for the ride as your train stops and it will be awhile before that 13,000 tons stops.
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!