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Canadian Railroads > Distributed Braking CarsDate: 10/17/21 15:22 Distributed Braking Cars Author: Blackfoot I was at Snider this morning, just east of Mac Yard in Toronto, when a westbound intermodal came by with a string of ten Distributed Braking Cars - actually one container and nine cars. Here's a few shots...
Cheers, Dwayne Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/21 16:47 by Blackfoot. Date: 10/17/21 15:28 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: cn6218 Getting ready for winter?
The car the container is riding on looks like the ones they used use for MoW crews that would be working in remote locations. I think the last time I saw one was when CN pulled out of Cape Breton (1993) and they hauled them off the Island as part of the daily train from Sydney. GTD Date: 10/17/21 16:15 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: PHall cn6218 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Getting ready for winter? > > The car the container is riding on looks like the > ones they used use for MoW crews that would be > working in remote locations. I think the last > time I saw one was when CN pulled out of Cape > Breton (1993) and they hauled them off the Island > as part of the daily train from Sydney. > > GTD To me it looks like a coil steel car that has been repurposed. Pretty heavy duty frame there. Much heavier then you would need for bunk trailer. Date: 10/17/21 16:31 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: ERAD How are they controlled? Electronically like DP's, or by train line brake pipe pressure?
Date: 10/17/21 22:30 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: feclark That's a spectacular catch, and passing you at a slow rate of speed (relax, I know speed is a rate, there's no such thing as a rate of speed. I'm just mocking the cop-speak that thinks they sound more sophisticated when they use it in press releases) to make the shooting so easy.
Fred Date: 10/17/21 23:14 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: up833 By the car numbers i would say the container on flat preceeded the boxcar versions. Likely a diesel generator that operates the air compressor that assists in keeping the train airline charged. They have been discussed on TO before.
https://www.wi-tronix.com/Documents/PressReleaseAnnouncingCN_Contract-10DBCs.pdf RB Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/21 23:20 by up833. Date: 10/18/21 04:48 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: robj feclark Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That's a spectacular catch, and passing you at a > slow rate of speed (relax, I know speed is a rate, > there's no such thing as a rate of speed. I'm just > mocking the cop-speak that thinks they sound more > sophisticated when they use it in press releases) > to make the shooting so easy. > Fred ???????????????? Bob Date: 10/18/21 05:21 Re: Distributed Braking Cars Author: Blackfoot up833 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > By the car numbers i would say the container on > flat preceeded the boxcar versions. Likely a > diesel generator that operates the air compressor > that assists in keeping the train airline > charged. They have been discussed on TO before. > https://www.wi-tronix.com/Documents/PressReleaseAn > nouncingCN_Contract-10DBCs.pdf > RB Makes sense as all ten had 1202 placards. Dwayne |