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Rick Steele

July 10, 2000 08:21AM

Rick,
The answer to your question is yes, under almost all circumstances the independent is bailed off. The main reason is not to flatten the wheels on the locomotives or to cause an excessive run-in by the equipment. The preferable way to stop is to apply the automatic (train) brakes and keep the locomotives in power, pulling on the train until the train pulls you to a stop.
After you stop rolling, you can then set your independent.
In this way, the slack is stretched so when the brakes release there is no run-out to knock the passengers off their feet or to damage the lading on your freight train.
Rick Steele

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Train Handling	Rick	July 09, 2000 08:57PM
Re: Train Handling	Rick Steele	July 10, 2000 08:21AM
6-ET and "mountain cocks".	El Coke	July 10, 2000 08:48AM
Overheating Tires on the D&S	Herb Kelsey	July 10, 2000 11:37AM
Not the tires ,Herb	El Coke	July 10, 2000 03:01PM
Re: Not the tires ,Herb	Herb Kelsey	July 10, 2000 05:00PM
Straight Air on the D&S?	Brian Norden	July 10, 2000 08:43PM
D&S and WSLCo.dual air systems	El Coke	July 11, 2000 09:11AM
Thanks for the explaination NM	Brian Norden	July 11, 2000 10:14PM
Re: D&S and WSLCo.dual air systems	Ryan Scott	July 12, 2000 06:43PM
Shortcycling	El Coke	July 12, 2000 10:28PM
Re: Shortcycling	Ryan Scott	July 13, 2000 06:16AM
Re: Shortcycling	Rick Steele	July 13, 2000 08:07AM
Re: Shortcycling	Mike Ramsey	July 13, 2000 06:46PM
Hall of Fame/hall of shame.	El Coke	July 14, 2000 09:07PM
Re: Not the tires ,Herb	Michael Allen	July 10, 2000 09:48PM
Downhill running	El Coke	July 11, 2000 09:35AM
Re: Downhill running	Michael Allen	July 11, 2000 01:28PM
Slack Action	Hoss	July 11, 2000 10:03PM
Re: Slack Action	Brian Norden	July 11, 2000 10:22PM
Re: Slack Action	El Coke	July 12, 2000 08:18AM
Re: Slack Action	Hoss	July 12, 2000 08:57AM
Re: Slack Action	F.B.	July 12, 2000 10:22AM
Crestfallen	El Coke	July 12, 2000 11:08AM
Lateral movement.	EL Coke	July 12, 2000 11:02AM
What? Concrete Floors?	Mike Trent	July 12, 2000 05:30PM
Re: Train Handling	Rick	July 11, 2000 09:30PM

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