Re: K set doors (was Phantom Bells)

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com>]

> > Speaking of door noises, on K sets, at the driver end on the driver cab
> > side, the doors make an extra loud 'hiss' (like air being sucked in)
when
> > they close, and a few 'clicks' when they open. does it have anything to
do
> > with a different kind of door equipment due to the large electrical
cabinet
> > next to it?
> 
> That is the main reservoir air drier.  On tangaras, this equipment
operates
> every time the compressor turns off.  On K and C sets, it operates every
time
> the doors are closed.  On S and R sets, the main res tank just fills up
with
> water. :-)

But how come it is only on one particular set of doors? What if a two car K
set encounters nothing but island platforms, does the res turn into a
wading pool?