. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n, etc. The load limit is 40 to 45 tons, depending ontrack. Hand Brakes on the Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania R. R. has instituted a suit against theseveral members of the Interstate Commerce Commissionasking for an order restraining them from the enforce-ment of the law regarding the use of hand brakes oncertain grades. The law recjuires that trains shall be so equipped with The petition then goes on to state that in order to socontrol the action of the cars as to keep the slack beweenthe car
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n, etc. The load limit is 40 to 45 tons, depending ontrack. Hand Brakes on the Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania R. R. has instituted a suit against theseveral members of the Interstate Commerce Commissionasking for an order restraining them from the enforce-ment of the law regarding the use of hand brakes oncertain grades. The law recjuires that trains shall be so equipped with The petition then goes on to state that in order to socontrol the action of the cars as to keep the slack beweenthe cars from running in and out, which results in shock,a certain number of hand brakes are applied. The handbrakes are applied and released while the trains are inmotion and even if they were not so used the brakemenwould have to be so stationed on the trains as to be pre-pared to apply the hand brakes, should any emergencyarise that rendered their use necessary. The additionalfactor of safety thus produced is claimed to be importantand desirable. It is for these and other related reasons that the com-. 40-TO.\ CO\Kif controlling thespeed f)f the trains while these grades, but inorder to add to the effectiveness of the brakes, and con-sequently to adfl to the safety of the trains while descend-ing these graflcs, comidainant requires the use of someof the hand brakes on the trains, for if the tenrlcncy ofthe trains to increase their mo
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