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Steve reageerde op het topic Bahamas.
The vacuum brake is about as fail safe as a brake can be unlike an air brake as the triple valve or distributor can fail to operate. It relies on the fact that there are multiple distributors on a train and multiple failure is highly unlikely....
22 jun 2026 om 21:56 -
Steamie Boxes reageerde op het topic RTC 2026.
Should be tangmere, tender first to Ravenglass, chimney first back to Carnforth. Whillan Beck is the booked loco for the La'al Ratty excursion
22 jun 2026 om 21:49 -
Brucklebog reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This was the livery proposed for the D95XX locos prior to construction, source ‘British Rail Designed’ by David Lawrence. There seems to have been a plethora of alternative paint schemes proposed for forthcoming diesel types to get away from the...
22 jun 2026 om 21:45 -
Steve vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic Bahamas.
The two systems work on very different principles and the mass of air to be moved in a vacuum system is much greater than in an air system, so it requires more time to, for instance, fill and drain a cylinder. Look tat the thickness of an air...
22 jun 2026 om 21:40 -
Steve vond acorb's post leuk in het topic Bahamas.
You either run it a block behind or put it on the back, still need to staff and fuel it. This is no different for the last 20 years though, which is when EWS withdrew their last dual braked locos. Both West Coast and VT risk assess trips and act...
22 jun 2026 om 21:40 -
Steve vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic Bahamas.
The different air / vacuum (air pressure in reverse) are compensated by the use of bigger cylinders for a vacuum system so equalising the brake effort. A vacuum brake can be just as effective as an air system although slower acting, hence the...
22 jun 2026 om 21:39 -
Steve reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I believe that there was a problem with the 9F. Out tomorrow?
22 jun 2026 om 21:34
