Japanese Freight Car Manual Brakes

[Kiha66]

An excellent demonstration how Japanese freight cars were manually braked, either while being shunted in yards or when parked.  A simple and elegant solution, and probably a lot less dangerous compared to American style hand wheels.  

 

 

[katoftw]

Very old system. And would hardly be used these days. Still uses friction for brakes. Just a quick release style system.

[Kiha66]

I'm not sure what you mean by "still uses friction".  Other than eddy current brakes, I think friction is an integral part of most brake systems!  😁

[Socimi]

Reminds me of the similar system used on British Rail's "short" 2-axle freight wagons.

[kevsmiththai]

We still have them at work. The 25 strong PFA fleet have lever brakes

 

 

These used to carry open top coal containers in the early days before we bought them

 

Kev

[stevenh]

https://modelrail.otenko.com/japanese-trains/gakunan-railway
I had no idea what I was seeing until I reviewed everything afterwards. Watching them gravity shunt was awesome!

 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2020 by stevenh

[marknewton]

On 11/2/2020 at 3:09 PM, katoftw said:

Very old system. And would hardly be used these days.

It would be used every time wagons are stabled in a yard or siding and not on the air.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[marknewton]

On 11/4/2020 at 9:59 AM, stevenh said:

I had no idea what I was seeing until I reviewed everything afterwards. Watching them gravity shunt was awesome!

The two big yards I worked in as a shunter were gravity yards. I agree it's awesome to watch, but it's even better if you're the one doing it. They were some of the best days of my career.

 

All the best,

 

Mark.

Edited November 8, 2020 by marknewton

[katoftw]

15 hours ago, marknewton said:

It would be used every time wagons are stabled in a yard or siding and not on the air.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

Not what i meant