A.E.C. railcar sets supplied to Great Northern Railway (Ireland) are fitted with special type of quick release equipment developed by Gresham and Craven Ltd; exhausters are connected to separate exhauster pipe line which is in communication with normal brake train pipe through driver's brake valve and feed valve; on exhauster side of feed valve, release chambers are provided, having volume equal to five times brake cylinder piston displacement. (Supplement to Railway Gazette and Railway News)
Vacuum braking on railcars
Diesel Ry Traction
Diesel Railway Traction ; 4 , n 220 ; p 208-209
1950
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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