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Wayne Laepple

March 22, 2018 02:56PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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I believe the vehicle behind the loco is a "brake wagon." Since the cane cars do not have brakes and use a link and pin type coupling, there is major slack action with long trains of cane. The brake wagon helps the locomotive control the slack action. Some of them are at the rear of the train and are radio controlled. The brake wagons generally have an air compressor powered by a diesel engine and a brake valve and were ballasted to provide braking weight.

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VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	bcp	March 22, 2018 10:34AM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	ND Holmes	March 22, 2018 11:11AM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	Mark Valerius	March 22, 2018 02:42PM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	jim pallow	March 22, 2018 02:47PM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	Wayne Laepple	March 22, 2018 02:56PM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	jim pallow	March 22, 2018 05:09PM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	risrwy	March 22, 2018 04:20PM
Re: VNG diesels...Queensland sugar cane lines	Jim Marlett	March 22, 2018 07:44PM

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