by conductorbob
When I worked on the former NH and NYC local service out of GCT, the electric mus had an electric brake and then a "straight air" brake when the brake handel was put all the way over. On the FL9's and E units the brake handel was moved to the center postion before the "straight air" went on to stop the train. were they ever designed to have an electric brake like the mus had? I remeber hearing once about the NYC was looking into putting electric brakes on the cars of the Century. The brakes on the freight engines was always straight air. Just curious. Thanks for any imput. Bob R.