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Ken Rice wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:20 pm The air will keep the reservoirs on all the cars up to pressure, so when they go to pick up the cars they don’t need to wait to pump up the air. I think if it’s within a certain time period of when they were set out it may also mean they don’t need to do a full brake test? In which case they’d just need to couple up, knock off the hand brakes, and go.Interesting. They are really short consists of 40 cars maximum so I would think it's not that big a deal but hey, do it right CSX.
newpylong wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:30 pm Keeping air in the cars means the departing crews do not need to perform a Class I (Initial Terminal) brake test ie very time consuming if the cars have been off air for more than 24 hours. In 2015 the law changed, it used to be only 4 hours. If there is an air slip (a copy of the previous Class I brake test) they essentially can tie on, do a set and release (Class 3 Transfer Test) with telemetry and go.Thanks for correcting the details newpylong.
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:34 am They are really short consists of 40 cars maximum so I would think it's not that big a deal but hey, do it right CSX.It's an hour of work they don't have to do, and half an hour they don't need to wait to pump them so...