[ccmmick]

Has any of you ex railwaymen worked air and vacuum toghther.

Back in the 70s we had a turn to Truro a vacuum train, at about 4am we used to take a train of air brake cement wagons to Chacewater the train was to heavy to be worked by vacuum alone.
The cement wagons had vacuum blow through so we used to couple the air up and vacuum the loco was left in vacuum and we would take the lot down to Chacewater in one hit.
This went on for months until management got wind of it they told us that the air was to fiearce a brake to be worked with vacuum, so we had to do it in two trips.
I just wondered if this practice went on elsewhere.

ccmmick.