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Jason Midyette

March 07, 2001 10:13PM

I am with the Boulder County Railway Historical Society and we are involved in the restoration of D&RGW coach 280. As the restoration nears completion, we have become curious as to why the coach has two sets of air brake hoses.
From tracing the piping, it appears that one air hose feeds a line that runs through the car and is not connected to the car's brake system (or anything else) at all, while the other feeds the brake system. Our theory is that the line running through the car was for straight air while the other line is for automatic air. (thus cars with both types of brakes could be used in a train, provided the locomotive was set up to accomodate both types).
Any way, can anyone out there shed light on this? Is our theory correct or are we way off? If we are right, why would a straight air set up still be on a car that ran into the 1950's?
Thanks
Jason Midyette

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Subject	Author	Posted
D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Jason Midyette	March 07, 2001 10:13PM
280's Second Line	Mike Trent	March 08, 2001 06:18AM
Re: 280's Second Line	Earl the car foreman	March 08, 2001 07:51AM
280	Mike Trent	March 08, 2001 06:45PM
Re: 280	Jason Midyette	March 08, 2001 09:36PM
Re: 280	Brian Norden	March 09, 2001 12:44AM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Paul D	March 08, 2001 07:54AM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Jason Midyette	March 08, 2001 08:29AM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Steve Peck	March 08, 2001 08:56AM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Jason Midyette	March 08, 2001 05:50PM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Jason Midyette	March 09, 2001 09:30PM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Earl	March 10, 2001 01:56PM
Re: D&RGW passenger car brake systems	Gary Waite	March 11, 2001 01:10PM
280	Mike Trent	March 12, 2001 11:34PM
Re: 280	Earl	March 13, 2001 07:47AM
Interesting Questions!	Mike Trent	March 13, 2001 08:26AM
Re: Interesting Questions!	Earl	March 13, 2001 03:12PM
Dang! That's it.	Mike Trent	March 13, 2001 05:01PM

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