Hi,
I have a yard with the configuration that sidings leading from the yard throat each come to a dead end. My questions have to do with parking freight cars on the sidings. 1970's era, if that makes a difference.
Would a prototype road have all the parked cars coupled together, at the end of the siding, using a house air supply to keep up the air brakes?
Or would the extra step of coupling up a car to the parked lineup when the switcher drops it off be too time-consuming?
How are the air brakes usually kept up when a car is parked in a yard?
How long does it take for an isolated car to lose the pressure in its air brake system?
Cheers,
Cactus
I have a yard with the configuration that sidings leading from the yard throat each come to a dead end. My questions have to do with parking freight cars on the sidings. 1970's era, if that makes a difference.
Would a prototype road have all the parked cars coupled together, at the end of the siding, using a house air supply to keep up the air brakes?
Or would the extra step of coupling up a car to the parked lineup when the switcher drops it off be too time-consuming?
How are the air brakes usually kept up when a car is parked in a yard?
How long does it take for an isolated car to lose the pressure in its air brake system?
Cheers,
Cactus