@@ -2191,24 +2191,8 @@ The operation of air single-pipe brakes is described in general below.
21912191
21922192The auxiliary reservoir needs to be charged by the brake pipe and,
21932193depending on the WAG file parameters setting, this can delay the brake
2194- release. When the *Graduated Release Air Brakes * box is not checked, the
2195- auxiliary reservoir is also charged by the emergency reservoir (until
2196- both are equal and then both are charged from the pipe). When the
2197- *Graduated Release Air Brakes * box is checked, the auxiliary reservoir is
2198- only charged from the brake pipe. The Open Rails software implements it
2199- this way because the emergency reservoir is used as the source of the
2200- reference pressure for regulating the brake cylinder pressure.
2201-
2202- The end result is that you will get a slower release when the *Graduated
2203- Release Air Brakes * box is checked. This should not be an issue with two
2204- pipe air brake systems because the second pipe can be the source of air
2205- for charging the auxiliary reservoirs.
2206-
2207- Open Rails software has modeled most of this graduated release car brake
2208- behavior based on the 26F control valve, but this valve is designed for
2209- use on locomotives. The valve uses a control reservoir to maintain the
2210- reference pressure and Open Rails software simply replaced the control
2211- reservoir with the emergency reservoir.
2194+ release. The auxiliary reservoir is also charged by the emergency reservoir (until
2195+ both are equal and then both are charged from the pipe).
22122196
22132197Increasing the :ref: `Brake Pipe Charging Rate <options-brake-pipe-charging >`
22142198(psi/s) value controls the charging rate. Increasing the value will reduce the
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