[CBQ] Waycar Brake Whistles

["John" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

The whistles on the brake exhausts on waycars were not standard equipment. 
Individual conductors had carmen to apply them to their waycars. In fact, the 
Mechanical Dept. did NOT sanction them, claiming they caused undue back 
pressure on the exhaust and made the waycar's brakes release slower. 
Conductors, being conductors, paid no attention to this and used them anyway. 
Remember, this was the day when a conductor's waycar was "his" waycar. I always 
thought it was neat to see the air gauge go to 90 and hear the whistle under 
the car. You knew the brakes had released. Who knows, it may have saved some 
flat wheels. As far as I can tell, they were unique Q features.



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