PC Class 150 - Swapping Cab Disables Brakes

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  1. Bravo2six

    Bravo2six Well-Known Member

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    As title says, on multiple services now, when swapping ends of the Class 150, the brakes in the opposide end do not work.

    Playing two different timetables, when required to swap ends to move the train into or out of the sidings, the new end's brakes will not apply, unless put into emergency.
    I can't get the new end to work, even with setting up the original cab and shutting it down again.
     
  2. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    Just tried this in the sidings at Penzance and I can't replicate it. No matter what I do it changes ends OK, safety systems on or off, whether I leave the brakes in notch 3 or emergency it works fine
    Can you take some video and upload the sequence of what you're doing?
     
  3. Bravo2six

    Bravo2six Well-Known Member

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    It seems to have something to do with the doors being open.
    I tend to leave doors open when swapping ends, but it seems that closing the doors from the opposite end messes with the system.

    Just tried in on a service from Penzance to St Austell and it worked but the doors were closed as I was in the turnback siding
     
  4. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    I just did a St Ives to St Erth round trip with leaving the doors open and the brakes still worked... Not sure what's going on with your setup!
     
  5. Bravo2six

    Bravo2six Well-Known Member

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    Must admit it hasn't happened since..

    ...Typical
     
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