. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . AIR-BR.\KE TESTING DEVICES FOR YARD. with an axle through it, a handle made of■^-<-inch pipe, two small wheels, a D 8brake valve, a Duplex gage and two hoseconnections, all of which are connected upas closely as possible, thus containing allthe essential features in the most compactand convenient form, all unnecessaryweight being eliminated. It can be handled easily in crowdedyards, pushed or pulled between cars orunder low furniture and carriage carswhere it would be impossible to take thewheelbarrow
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . AIR-BR.\KE TESTING DEVICES FOR YARD. with an axle through it, a handle made of■^-<-inch pipe, two small wheels, a D 8brake valve, a Duplex gage and two hoseconnections, all of which are connected upas closely as possible, thus containing allthe essential features in the most compactand convenient form, all unnecessaryweight being eliminated. It can be handled easily in crowdedyards, pushed or pulled between cars orunder low furniture and carriage carswhere it would be impossible to take thewheelbarrow; in fact, a man can take itanywhere, for it can be picked up andcarried bodily with one hand, .if necessary. In making a shop test of brakes oncars undergoing repairs the value of anequalizing brake valve cannot be over-estimated in detecting and locating de-fects that may exist which would not benoticeable when brake was applied byopening a cock. The tool box on the handle contains acombination wrench, a tool for cleaningout the grooves in hose couplings to re-ceive new gaskets, a
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