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For those of us who never worked on 1:1 scale trains, what does "bottle the air" mean? Thanks.

Rob Doorack

On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> WVC... They can, Nevermind..... At least they were smart enough to teach you not to bottle it, unlike in other cases, resulting in the Intimidateing of employees into making unsafe moves.

> 

> Nathan

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> Nathan Simmons

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> On 10/23/2010 22:20, NW Mailing List wrote:

>> When we trained on the West Virginia Central one of the items we studied and learned NOT to do was to bottle the air. The results could be unpredictable and dangerous.

>> Thanks,

>> Richard D. Shell

>> Troutville, VA

>> In a message dated 10/23/2010 2:42:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

>> 

>>    /"When I worked on the RF&P(1984-1987) it was standard procedure

>>    to make a service reduction and then close the angle cock on the

>>    train that we were cutting away from. We never had any accidental

>>    releases!/

>>    /Walt Gay"/

>>    //

>>    You got lucky!

>>    Jimmy

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