Repeater Air Car Detail images

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back to Repeater Air Cars The repeater air car is utilized to increase efficiency of train air brakes on long trains and during cold weather. The purpose of repeater relay equipment is to accept pneumatic signals from the brake pipe of forward portion of a train, and by relay action, produce a corresponding response in the brake pipe of the rear section of the train.

Inside was a diesel engine driven air compressor.

261-01-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 53K #261 John Rodgers B end detail showing high brake wheel mount, grilled vent box and louvers. The open door unfortunately shows us nothing of the insides...	261-02-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 49K #261 John Rodgers B end detail again, the yellow warning label probably says - "Do Not Kick Drop or Hump"	261-03-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 47K #261 John Rodgers A end detail, showing the yellow and green brake pipes as outlined in the Special Instructions.	261-04-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 48K #261 John Rodgers Fuel fill and gauge details for the diesel engine driven air compressor inside and louver detail.
261-05-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 39K #261 John Rodgers More louver detail, and the diesel engine exhaust pipe exiting the roof.	261-06-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 22K #261 John Rodgers The diesel engine exhaust pipe and grilled vent box.	261-07-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 55K #261 John Rodgers Overhead roof shot always in demand, here showing the exhaust pipe, another smaller vent or breather pipe, the old roofwalk mountings and the grilled box at the A end.	261-08-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 58K #261 John Rodgers Overhead of the grilled box at the A end.
261-09-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 85K #261 John Rodgers Overhead of the grilled box at the A end.	261-10-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 51K #261 John Rodgers Overhead roof shot always in demand, here showing what looks like a whip radio antenna, the roof grabs for the brake wheel and the grilled box at the B end.	261-11-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 46K #261 John Rodgers Here is a closeup of the grilled box at the B end showing a solid top, as against the box at the A end which has a mesh top.	261-12-sp-repeater-air-car-john_rodgers 46K #261 John Rodgers Closeup of the angle cocks and lettering. The yellow one should say "Connect to the rear consist" and the green one should say "Connect to the front consist" - but those "N"'s sure look like "X"'s ???

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