R160 Siemens Brake

[R44 CNG]

[Broadway Local]

This always happen on the

[TrainFanatic]

Damn! She's beginning to sound like her grandfather-the R32's. :eek:

[bveguy]

That's because this train is using ONLY air brakes. The regenerative brakes are cut-out.

[Fan Railer]

That's because this train is using ONLY air brakes. The regenerative brakes are cut-out.

 

Thankyou, someone else who knows whats going on as well. As I explained somewhere else, certain glitches may cause the end cab cars' traction motors to cut out. When this happens, no propulsion (acceleration and braking) is available in the car. Therefore, the friction brakes operate 100 percent of the time as opposed to only under 4 mph.

[Joel Up Front]

Damn! She's beginning to sound like her grandfather-the R32's. :eek:

 

Makes me wonder why people miss the SMEE fleet.

[INDman]

That's because this train is using ONLY air brakes. The regenerative brakes are cut-out.

 

It has nothing to do with regenerative brakes. It happens because there are dead motors so it's air only and no dynamic brakes. Regenitive braking is when energy created by dynamic braking is put back into the 3rd rail system instead of dissipated as heat through resistor grids under the car.

[rr4567]

It has nothing to do with regenerative brakes. It happens because there are dead motors so it's air only and no dynamic brakes. Regenitive braking is when energy created by dynamic braking is put back into the 3rd rail system instead of dissipated as heat through resistor grids under the car.

Exactly.

 

On a side note, that regenerated energy probable isn't even usable. The train in front of it and behind it are probably too far away for that minute amount of power to even reach them.