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NTSB: ECP brakes out-perform other systems
These findings seem intuitive to me, but I’d like to hear what operating crews with ECP experience think.
NSBI said “While ECP brake systems performed best, increasing the net braking ratio for any brake system substantially improved its stopping performance.”
Stating the obvious and making it sound like wisdom. I laughed! Thanks, NTSB!
And how have brakes contributed to the crude train incidents in the US?
The trouble is you then need to upgrade all of the cars brake systems and provide an electronics package for every car plus all the locamotives usd to haul those cars unless you want the expenses and high failure rate of dual systems.