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Main Lines (88 posts)
Jun-11-01, 02:47 PM (EST) "Brakes won't release from rear end of train" At least with the GP38, I have found that if you uncouple from your train, run around to the rear end, then try to shove from the rear the train won't budge as if the air brakes are still set. Handbrakes on cars are off, loco independent brake is off, and guages in loco show no trainline air reduction. Is this a bug? Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID I got this too morven Jun-15-01 1 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... Nels_Anderson Jun-16-01 2 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... fireball Jun-17-01 3 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... HKW Jun-18-01 4 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... edweston1 Jun-18-01 5 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... edweston1 Jun-18-01 6 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... leemon Jun-18-01 7 RE: Brakes won't release from rear ... SR1950 Aug-20-01 8

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morven (14 posts)
Jun-15-01, 01:59 AM (EST) 1. "I got this too" I think it's a bug. Seems to be no reason why it shouldn't work but it doesn't. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nels_Anderson (461 posts)
Jun-16-01, 09:42 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" I just tried this myself and found I was able to shove the car.I did have a little trouble getting coupled. When I first contacted the car with the front of the locomotive it did not couple (according to the F9 monitor window). I went back and forth and got coupled and then I could push the car.
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fireball (11 posts)
Jun-17-01, 11:19 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" Yes. I have seen the same thing. The F9 view is messed up, hard to couple onto cars and acts like al the brakes are on the cars. It is a bug that I hope gets corrected soon. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
HKW (88 posts)
Jun-18-01, 11:39 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" Yeap. must be a bug. The Dash9 does the same thing. I hope this gets fixed.
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edweston1 (13 posts)
Jun-18-01, 06:08 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" I haven't tried it yet but I did notice that the hand brakes can be set and unset by double clicking on the car before coupling to them maybe you might try taking off the hand brakes and then couple up to them.
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edweston1 (13 posts)
Jun-18-01, 07:22 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" >I haven't tried it yet but
>I did notice that the
>hand brakes can be set
>and unset by double clicking
>on the car before coupling
>to them maybe you might
>try taking off the hand
>brakes and then couple up
>to them.
>Ed Weston
>A-line MP>888.9
Yep just went and run the 2x GP-38 6 car Mixed, and ran around the cars. Double clicked hand brakes off, then coupled up pulled on them to check coupling, and then shoved against them and away we go. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
leemon (53 posts)
Jun-18-01, 07:51 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" You have to be coupled to see the other cars, right? How can you set/unset the brakes if the cars don't show up in the F9 window?Lee Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SR1950 (7 posts)
Aug-20-01, 05:26 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Brakes won't release from rear end of train" >You have to be coupled to
>see the other cars, right?
> How can you set/unset
>the brakes if the cars
>don't show up in the
>F9 window?
>
>Lee
I've had this problem quite often with long consists, too. In other words, I can't "see" the whole train using the scroll bar.Also, occasionally the couplers won't release, and I find myself frantically double-clicking on them. Sometimes they let go - sometimes they don't! Setting the brake on the first car (if it has them!) behind the break-point will usually work. Heh.. if you're on a grade it's almost mandatory!! Lew
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