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SP 263 Air Repeater Car |
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This is one of only 7 that carried the SP livery. See http://espee.railfan.net/rac.html for more information. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2006 Upload Date: 8/6/2006 11:19:06 PM |
| Location: |
Lebanon, OR |
| Author: |
Charles Bonville |
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SP RC 263 |
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This is an air repeater car. "A what", you say? Inside this boxcar are air compressors that recharge the brake pipe pressure. When it is cold out, and you have a long train, it can be very difficult to get your air pressure up on the rear, which makes a car like this very useful. I bet it made many trips over Donner Pass. |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/2007 Upload Date: 1/27/2007 11:24:18 PM |
| Location: |
Lebanon, OR |
| Author: |
Matt Adams |
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| Title: |
SP RC 263 |
| Description: |
Here we see a close up of the louvers, the diesel fuel (to run the compressors) filler and the fuel level sight glass |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/2007 Upload Date: 1/27/2007 11:24:20 PM |
| Location: |
Lebanon, OR |
| Author: |
Matt Adams |
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Air Hookups |
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You had this apparatus on each end, obviously so that the car would not need to be turned! If the locomotives were on the end I am standing on, the air hose from the car ahead of this car would get hooked into the green "Trainline" hose, and would be open, while the yellow "Compressor" line would be closed. Just the opposite would happen on the other side of this car, where the green "trainline" line would be closed off and the remainder of the train hooked up to the "Compressor" line. |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/2007 Upload Date: 1/27/2007 11:24:21 PM |
| Location: |
Lebanon, OR |
| Author: |
Matt Adams |
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RollingStock |
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