Brake cars with battery-operated magnetic brake shoes have proven effective in preventing runaway trips on upgrade haul at large modern operation in Pennsylvania; brake car is of 8-wheel construction, weighing 7 tons; equipped with 4-12 v batteries, 6 magnetic brake shoes 42 in. in length, 2 governors, 2 centrifugal switches, 4 drive belts, one main battery switch, one pushbutton switch for checking brakes, and one toggle switch for automatic operation of brakes; performance tests.


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    Titel :

    Safe handling of trips on grades


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Mechanization


    Beteiligte:
    Parisi, C.W. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Mechanization ; 25 , n 12


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1961


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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