Latest development in hump-yard operation is eddy-current brake made by Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co.; retarder is claimed to possess number of important advantages over those depending purely on mechanical friction. (See also Engineer vol. 151, no. 3924, Mar. 27, 1931 p. 346, 2 figs; Engineering, vol. 131, no. 3405, Apr. 17, 1931, p. 530, 2 figs.; Ry. Engr., vol. 52, no. 618, July 1931, pp. 273-275, 5 figs., and Int. Ry. Congress Assn. -- Bul., vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1931, pp. 942-946, 2 figs)
New rail brake
Ry. Gaz.
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 54 , n 24
1931
2 pages
2 Figures
Article (Journal)
English
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Brake, rail transit brake system and rail transit system
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