. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . prove a justification in applying itto all passenger equipment cars. Not onlyhas it proved itself a superior stoppingdevice of increased efficiency, cutting offthe last 30 per cent, of t;ie stopping dis-tance, in which the damage is alwaysdone, but it has given a remarkable recordof freedom from flat wheels. However,overzealous champions of the high-speedbrake should not be too sanguine and sounguarded when lauding the virtues ofthe high-speed brake as to unthinkinglyguarantee immunity from s
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . prove a justification in applying itto all passenger equipment cars. Not onlyhas it proved itself a superior stoppingdevice of increased efficiency, cutting offthe last 30 per cent, of t;ie stopping dis-tance, in which the damage is alwaysdone, but it has given a remarkable recordof freedom from flat wheels. However,overzealous champions of the high-speedbrake should not be too sanguine and sounguarded when lauding the virtues ofthe high-speed brake as to unthinkinglyguarantee immunity from slid-flat wheels have been known quantitieson cars ever since brakes were first de-signed, up to the present time; but thereis no doubt that the high-speed brake willlargely reduce the number of slid is this true of roads which havelong, damp tunnels, dripping bridges oraqueducts which furnish slippery, greasyrails, where wheels, once beginning toslide, will not cease after they have leftthe greasy track and pasted on to a dry,clean rail. Express train service requires. BATTERY OF AIR PUMPS IN PHILADELPHIA TESTING YARD OF THE READING RAILROAD ries the best obtainable firearms for hisself-defense in emergencies he may pos-sibly meet. Should anyone attempt to con-vince this individual that a mediocre fire-arm would be sufficient for his ordinaryuse, and that important emergencies would very few stops and fewer harsh ones thando the quick, energetic suburban and localtrains. Hence it will be but reasonable toexpect a few flat wheels, even on a trainequipped with high-speed brakes, in thisclass of service. January, 1902. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING The New Westinghouse ;Alr-Brake In-struction Book. The Wcstingliouse Air-Brake Com-panys revised Instruction Book has justcome, fresh from the press. This book,while retaining all of the old descriptiveparts, and much additional, also contains to be a question of cutting down the de-mand for air or of p
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