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Brian Norden

December 04, 2017 09:17PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Back in the old days before air brakes, one of the braking techniques for railroad locomotives was to close the throttle, shift the "Johnson Bar" into a reverse position and then open the throttle again. Do is carefully so that you don't blow the cylinder head off.

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NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	meuritt	December 04, 2017 08:49PM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	Brian Norden	December 04, 2017 09:17PM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	Chris Walker	December 04, 2017 11:58PM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam (redux)	Russo Loco	December 06, 2017 03:15PM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	Kelly Anderson	December 05, 2017 10:00AM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	rod	December 05, 2017 10:52AM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	meuritt	December 05, 2017 05:29PM
Re: NNG, NRR, but it is Steam	philip.marshall	December 05, 2017 07:44PM

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