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)
Car retarders a recent development in railway-yard operation
Railroads (A. S. M. E. Trans.)
1928
8 pages
11 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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