Movements expedited; charges per car and damage to railway equipment materially reduced; installation of electropneumatic car retarders in westbound classification yard at Portsmouth, Ohio; general layout of yard; retarder as remote-controlled air brake; control from two towers; power equipment and other facilities; operated with two tricks; number of employees reduced. (see also Modern Transport, vol. 20, no. 502, Oct. 27, 1928, pp. 10 and 23, 5 figs)


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    Title :

    Car retarders reduce cost of yard operation on Norfolk and western


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 84 , n 24


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





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