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Reply to "Help from a real railroader - What is "Bottling the Air"?"

gunrunnerjohn posted:
David Johnston posted:

The Strasberg Railroad passenger cars are equipped with Type L triple valves.  Type L triple valves do not have the accelerated release function, so “bottling the air” has no effect on them. 

I guess they only "think" they're saving time.

Well, in fact they, the Strasburg Rail Road crews, are indeed "saving time", since they do NOT have to pump up the train air after an emergency application. Have you visited/ridden the Strasburg and witnessed how quickly they can run the locomotive around the train? They even have spring switches at both ends of their rail road, to speed-up operations.

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