. Brake tests; a report of a series of road tests of brakes on passenger equipment cars made at Absecon, New Jersey, in 1913 . train with the UC and PMequipments grouped together instead of mixed as for Fig. 58. 210. Fig. 59 shows the separate indicator cards for brake cylinderpressure on locomotive and each car, also the reduction in brake pipepressure on car six. 211. During this test little shock was experienced, the stoppingof the train being smoother than that of Fig. 58 just described. Severalshort, jerky movements were noticed soon after the brake applicationcommenced and at the end of
. Brake tests; a report of a series of road tests of brakes on passenger equipment cars made at Absecon, New Jersey, in 1913 . train with the UC and PMequipments grouped together instead of mixed as for Fig. 58. 210. Fig. 59 shows the separate indicator cards for brake cylinderpressure on locomotive and each car, also the reduction in brake pipepressure on car six. 211. During this test little shock was experienced, the stoppingof the train being smoother than that of Fig. 58 just described. Severalshort, jerky movements were noticed soon after the brake applicationcommenced and at the end of the stop there was a strong but gradualrunning out of slack. Emergency Stop at 30 212. High braking power on locomotive and mixed equipment oncars as follows:— CarNos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Equipment PM PM PM PM UC UC UC UC PM PM PM PM 213. Fig. 60 shows indicator cards similar to those of Fig. 58 andFig. 59, but for a different arrangement of equipments as indicated the slack action with this make-up of train was somewhat rougherthan was experienced with all PM equipments, the shocks were not 97. Fig. 58. MIXED EQUIPMENT STOP, EMERGENCY APPLICATION. The UC pneumatic equipment when mixed with the PM equipment in a train did not cause objectionable shocks. This stop was made in 287 feet, from 30 98 M. P. 479 D PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY PULAVSLFHIA^ BaLTIXOBZ A WASHllieTOIl RULBOAS CoMPAXTNOBTBBRH CZMTRAJL RaILWAT CoHFAHT Wmt Jbbskt a Bbachohs Cohpaxt 11 MM ALTOONA,
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