_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha wrote:What are your opinions on the new Amtrak California F59PHI locomotives?
jmslakings wrote:_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha wrote:What are your opinions on the new Amtrak California F59PHI locomotives?
Don't know.I haven't seen the F59HI in Amtrak California scheme, only in Surfliner scheme.
buzz456 wrote:I have mine on expert mode and all of the gauges are working in both the locomotive and the cab car. I'm not sure about the comment on labeling. One says main reservoir and the other one says brake cylinder. That's seems clear enough for me.
buzz456 wrote:Main Reservoir
This is the red pointer on the left gauge ...
.... snip snip ....
This pressure would also register on the brake cylinder gauge.
mrgreen wrote:I've too have noticed that the brakes seem to act a bit weird. For me, if I apply the brakes on the F59PHI, they go to full service even with as little as 2% brake applied. There is no range of pressures, just released and full service. On the driving trailer it's a little better: minimum service is 18psi (brake cylinder) or so, is this prototypical?
I read somewhere that on American passenger trains the operating pressure 110psi, maximum brake cylinder pressure is 79psi and that is achieved with a 32psi reduction, but maybe that doesn't apply to the Surfliner cars. I also read that locomotives that have 26L airbrakes or modern pneumatic brakes can have the cutout valve placed in Cutout Pass or Freight, where Pass allows for graduated release. I would think the F59PHI has graduated release.
Also, does anyone know the brakeforce of the F59PHI's dynamic brakes?
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