OK so my prototype railroad supposedly did not use air brakes of any sort on the rolling stock. Only on one loco and all the tenders were Eames systems. Pictures of flat cars and box car would confirm this as you don’t see any hoses. However the coaches do seem to have hoses and I came across a photo of one of the cabooses, a converted box car, that has not one but two hoses.
Here is said caboose with two hoses and the flat with none
Now interestingly every picture of a mixed train shows the cabooses or coaches in back. First why would the caboose have two hoses and how would vacuum breaks work when the cars in the middle do not have hoses to connect them to the vacuum system? Either they are there for show and do not use the breaks, or the rolling stock all have phantom hoses we can’t see or they run a hose back to the cars that have hoses only when they are in a mixed train. None of which seems feasible.If running strictly a passenger service then I could see it but not mixed trains. Now the time tables list separate passenger trains and freight runs however there are several pictures of what must be mixed specials.
Any thoughts?