[PRCo] Re: Milano

[Fred Schneider]

Not everyone in the business knows how.  The old industry standard was one
apply, lap, one release, lap, one more release, and your stopped.  None of us
can do it that perfectly every time.  But the last time I was in New Orleans I
saw an terribly large number of operators fanning the air because they just
couldn't get it right (probably means just couldn't care if they got it right).
I've found NOPSI 832 at Arden to be one of the easiest straight air cars I've
every stopped, and I can get it down to a stop within inches every time with one
application most of the time.   The plain truth was a self-lapping valve was a
whole lot easier because it compensated for for the useless.

Greg King wrote:

> You know,
>
> the thing that surprised me was, how well those Manual lap brakes worked, we
> went to self lapping brakes in the 30's as they are very effective in heavy
> traffic but, I had no problems with 1692 and would stack those brakes
> against self lappers any day BUT, you do have to know how to operate them
> properly as I'm sure the Muni guys do. When I had the opportunity to really
> wind her up today, she really performed.
>
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