Usual arrangement of car-rider yard; development of retarder; details of retarder construction; control machine; power equipment; switch-operating mechanisms; humping trimmer signals; how retarder system operates; operating and maintenance force in retarding yard; grades that are recommended; cost of retarder installation. (see also - (discussion) p 28-29; Tech. Eng. News, vol. 10, no. 1, Feb. 1929, pp. 12-13, 36, 38 and 40, 3 figs)


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    Title :

    Car retarders a recent development in railway-yard operation


    Additional title:

    Railroads (A. S. M. E. Trans.)


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    8 pages


    Remarks:

    11 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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