Rail roads and their tracks.

   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,692  
Are those brake shoes a composite material and or a cast iron material?
 
   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,694  
Beautiful photos!

If that's all it has for brakes, I can see why it needs an accompanying Diesel with regenerative (?) braking to meet modern safety standards.

Can the steam pistons provide braking?
Why not put dynamic grids on the tender, fed by the drivers turning that big electric motor in the cab?

:)
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Bruce
 
   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,695  
I have RR experience when I worked for about 5 different car repair shops over the years as a welder. (ak carmen) This thread is about anything associated with RR's.
I worked at a sugar factory , used to move all the rail cars across the road to the pull line , always picked up broken coupler pins to use for drawbar used to find all kinds of goodies laying out in the yard
 
   / Rail roads and their tracks.
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#3,696  
I worked at a sugar factory , used to move all the rail cars across the road to the pull line , always picked up broken coupler pins to use for drawbar used to find all kinds of goodies laying out in the yard
I'd guess you mean knuckle pins?
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   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,697  
Don't even need the knuckle pin if you keep the knuckle closed.....saw that many times
 
   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,699  
If you lift the operating lever without the pin the knuckle falls on the ground a real nice surprise in the middle of the night
 
   / Rail roads and their tracks. #3,700  
Why not put dynamic grids on the tender, fed by the drivers turning that big electric motor in the cab?

:)
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Bruce
True but. UP keeps a diesel locomotive in the consist to power the cars. While 4014 has an onboard generator powered by steam, it's no where large enough for auxiliary car power.
 

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