24-L Brakes on Steam Engines

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The D-24-M (maintaining) brake valve was retrofitted to 157 freight steam 
engines. The No. 8 distributing valve was not changed.

Dick Fisher
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> The 24-RL brake was developed in the early 1950s for those 

> Diesel-thingies, but wasn't it applied to some N&W steam?  Perhaps the 

> passenger engines?

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> Or did the N&W stick with No. 6 and No. 8 brake equipment for all steam?

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