Is 24-RL Brake Equipment used on MBTA commuter locomotives?

Are any of the MBTA commuter rail passenger service locomotives equipped with 24-L brake equipment, or are all equipped with 26-L (or later) and/or are self-lapping?

I would say that the power has 26L or newer. 24RL went out in the 1950s. The GP9s and E8s would have been the last with 24.

Thanks, Spike, for the info. . . I guess taking the four lessons B7 through B10 from REB was taking four lessons in railway archeology. But I kept thinking that maybe Rube Goldberg should have been retired from the design team though.

Does MBCR use the ridiculous NJT style EP brake system or a graduated release brake system?

A description of an updated version of the 26L locomotive brake system is given in the down-loadable pdf file:

http://www.nyab.com/media/nyab_1/docume ... -074-1.PDF

Other much more knowledgeable persons on railroad.net can be more helpful, I'm sure.

enginedave wrote:Does MBCR use the ridiculous NJT style EP brake system or a graduated release brake system?

No EP brakes just graduated release.