Gregg posted:wb47 posted:Assuming a 70 car train, about how long would it take to set the hand brakes on all of the cars?
Assuming a minute a car and every car , 1 hour and 10 minutes. The crew would then have to recover the air, let the train-line charge, make enough of a brake application to hold the train, go back and release the hand brake, and eventually get authority to continue on.
The rule book for THAT territory states "all handbrakes", i.e. EVERY CAR.
Total time.... I'm only guessing , somewhere between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. I don't think you'd need a brake on every car so with out knowing any special instructions that may apply the time may be less.
I guess what's bothering me, why did the train move as soon as the outgoing crew were aboard the engine,, Did they try to recover the air ?? without the hand brakes? We'll eventually find out.
