Can anyone give me a good source of information for what all the pipes and cylinders under a coach or freight car are for
Search for combinations of railroad, Air brake, westinghouse, AB,and diagram.
Lots of diagrams for different types of cars in various places. I searched Bing images for “railroad air brake diagram” and got tons of hits.
The September 1965 MR, page 56 to 60, had a good article on brake systems. I realize that is an old issue for many of you but it would of course be in the “complete” MR discs that Kalmbach sells.
Dave Nelson
There is some nice information, including diagrams, on the NMRA website: http://www.nmra.org/member/sites/default/files/datasheets/Prototyp/D9o.PDF