11-22-2009, 07:39 PM
Gary, you're right about being able to letter each side of a car with either a different number or a completely different roadname. If I'm not mistaken, there was even a large display layout somewhere that did just that.
The locomotives in the steel plant where I worked seldom used train brakes, even when moving interchange cars, unless the car, for some reason, needed special handling.
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On in-plant cars, which had no brakes whatsoever, all braking was done with the independent brake - this included long drags of loaded ingot buggies, often at weights approaching 100 tons per buggy and 3,000 tons or more per drag. And some hoggers would really hustle once they got 'em rolling.
Wayne
The locomotives in the steel plant where I worked seldom used train brakes, even when moving interchange cars, unless the car, for some reason, needed special handling.
On in-plant cars, which had no brakes whatsoever, all braking was done with the independent brake - this included long drags of loaded ingot buggies, often at weights approaching 100 tons per buggy and 3,000 tons or more per drag. And some hoggers would really hustle once they got 'em rolling.
Wayne