Re: 8001
tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:56:41 +1000
MarkBau1 wrote in message
<1998040507523401.DAA16413@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
><<<<<<>If the brakes are "creeping on" the loco has defective brake
equipment
>and
>>should not be in service.
>>
>
>
>It's a standard occurrence with a 26L>>>>>
>
>Really? 15 years working with 26L and I've never had it happen to me
and never
>heard of it happening!
>
>We used to bring helpers back from Tabernash CO this way and we never
manned
>them and never had any problems, some time the loco's were shut down,
sometimes
>they were left running.
>
>I think if this is happening the loco's have had some sort of
modification that
>causes this or else the brake equipment is defective.
Maybe it's a modification cause that's how it is, even from new. Apart
from the brakes creeping on and needing to be released, there's the
problem of a locked up volume which also requires someone to man the
loco.