02-19-2010, 07:45 AM
Just had a reply from a train driver I know (passenger trains, though). He says we use a two-pipe brake system, one for brake operation, the other to keep reservoirs at full pressure. I suppose this reservoir air could be used for the hopper doors, or maybe there is an installed air supply at the discharge site (coal fired power station).
Alan Curtis
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