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74ford

February 16, 2010 12:20AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Group,

I'm curious how you brake down a long grade with steam power.

I'm familiar with balanced braking on descending grades where you set just the right amount of air for the grade. With a modern maintaining brake valve that's relatively easy - but what about a #6? At some point do you get into cycle braking (set and release and set again)?

One reason I ask is, I recently recalled a mention of a "steam brake" used by the D&RGW. It was characterized as the steam-equivalent of dynamic braking. Anybody heard of such a thing? (Not to be confused with the steam brake on a Shay)

Thanks,
-Jeff

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Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 16, 2010 12:20AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	aldergulch24	February 16, 2010 12:58AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Gavin Hamilton	February 16, 2010 07:47AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Garrett Augustus	February 16, 2010 08:22AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John C	February 16, 2010 09:28AM
Re: Braking with BOTH Straight Air and Automatic ...	Russo Loco	February 16, 2010 11:11AM
Re: Braking with BOTH Straight Air and Automatic ...	Roger Mitchell	February 16, 2010 12:30PM
Re: Braking with BOTH Straight Air and Automatic	Russo Loco	February 16, 2010 12:44PM
Re: Braking with BOTH Straight Air and Automatic	John West	February 17, 2010 09:16PM
Re: Braking with BOTH Straight Air and Automatic ...	Keith Taylor	February 22, 2010 02:36PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Craft	February 16, 2010 11:23AM
Re: Braking down grade with Water Tire Coolers ...	Russo Loco	February 20, 2010 12:08PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John C	February 16, 2010 03:24PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	GLRR12	February 16, 2010 03:33PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John C	February 16, 2010 03:33PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 16, 2010 05:57PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 16, 2010 07:06PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	bookemdanno	February 16, 2010 07:25PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	JS Driver	February 16, 2010 08:38PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Kelly Anderson	February 22, 2010 03:08PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 17, 2010 09:25AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 17, 2010 06:24PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Twinkyllamas	February 17, 2010 07:07PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Craft	February 18, 2010 05:46AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 18, 2010 09:16AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 18, 2010 07:47PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Twinkyllamas	February 18, 2010 08:56PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Bush	February 18, 2010 09:54AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 18, 2010 03:51PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Bush	February 18, 2010 03:56PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 18, 2010 05:55PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Bush	February 18, 2010 06:42PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 19, 2010 01:12PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	cdaspit	February 18, 2010 06:05PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Twinkyllamas	February 18, 2010 09:01PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Bush	February 21, 2010 08:00PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Twinkyllamas	February 18, 2010 08:51PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Twinkyllamas	February 18, 2010 09:05PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 19, 2010 01:08PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Bob G	February 20, 2010 03:38PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 20, 2010 05:12PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Earl	February 20, 2010 05:41PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	John Cole	February 20, 2010 06:08PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 20, 2010 07:47PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 21, 2010 04:19PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	madjack	February 21, 2010 06:01PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Earl	February 22, 2010 11:53AM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 22, 2010 01:06PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	CharlieMcCandless	February 22, 2010 02:49PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	chris ahrens	February 22, 2010 06:47PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Earl	February 22, 2010 07:33PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Russo Loco	February 23, 2010 02:28PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	74ford	February 23, 2010 12:37PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Tomstp	February 23, 2010 05:57PM
Re: Braking down grade with steam... (also D&RGW Steam Brake?)	Txhighballer	February 23, 2010 11:06PM

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