Didn't the lack of nose mu on the A units have somthing to do with this?
(except for the couple that finally received it). I have seen pics of
one or two A units trailing. And we used to put #6 and 24 brakes
together on the EL. In fact our old ConRail air brake book shows how
to hook up many combinations of #6, 24, and 26 systems.
Gordon
amtrak347@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/12/02 9:17:54 PM Central Daylight Time, vlbg@i...
> writes:
>
> > In the case of the GP7/9 & SD7/9 the F's had to be in the lead
> > because of the 6BLQ brake schedule not being compatible with
> > 24RL.
> >
>
> Russ -
> One small correction here; F's as the leading unit account they had the
> lowest "short time rating". Used to bellyache about having an SD-9 lead an
> SD-45 consist but the "Cadillac" had the lower STR. My complaint was that
> the "45's" would run in to "7/9's" when trying to dig the train out of the
> holes in the C&I. Later on, would see the "Cadillac" on the rear of the
> consist, "OFF-LINE".
> Bob
>
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