While reading “Ask Trains” this month I noticed the inquiry about weather or not the dynamic break handle had notches.
So from the way I read it, the engineer will put the dynamic breaks into “setup” and then wait for 10 seconds and then the handle will just freely move to increase DNBK power as needed?
Is this correct?
Thanks!
Justin
Basically, yes.
IIRC (from the “good old days”), the ‘setup’ position is a notched position, and as such, requires a slight effort to move from ‘setup’ to the dynamic range. Otherwise, the dymanic handle mooves freely throughout its range.
Not to be the grammer police, but…
When attempting to slow something down, one uses BRAKES
When attempting to damage something, one BREAKS it
You’re absolutely right, Balt, but that’s just spelling, not grammAr!
The schools I was raised in taught that a correctly spelled word that was used incorrectly, constituted a grammatical mistake. Break was a correctly spelled word, but was used in a manner that was incorrect for the thought the spelling conveyed.
Of course this could have been the statement
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