. Official proceedings . uc£p Qq fivoipcp 0y Dh/jkih iLLuirf^fmn^ fl ^iTVfinoN ^ctu/illy Founo To Cynr In f^/KVicc fine, ^T^/fMif To ^y, Ofii<iiNfmN Con/yiJifr Or Inpnomx OrciymoN Or Qi^kc L^vipmcint ^no fput^n HfiNPuna. ^^ ^c. i*T > ■i. A S; IS VJ « iM ^ «^ 3mcc:t 4 Fig. 33. ( I ) Forbidding- the use of the straight air brake of theeng-ine to bunch the slack of the train before applying the au-tomatic brake. \W are aware that you will quote WestinghouseInstruction Hooks against this rule, but these instructions, aswell as man\ others, were given to suit conditions very differentfrom tho
. Official proceedings . uc£p Qq fivoipcp 0y Dh/jkih iLLuirf^fmn^ fl ^iTVfinoN ^ctu/illy Founo To Cynr In f^/KVicc fine, ^T^/fMif To ^y, Ofii<iiNfmN Con/yiJifr Or Inpnomx OrciymoN Or Qi^kc L^vipmcint ^no fput^n HfiNPuna. ^^ ^c. i*T > ■i. A S; IS VJ « iM ^ «^ 3mcc:t 4 Fig. 33. ( I ) Forbidding- the use of the straight air brake of theeng-ine to bunch the slack of the train before applying the au-tomatic brake. \W are aware that you will quote WestinghouseInstruction Hooks against this rule, but these instructions, aswell as man\ others, were given to suit conditions very differentfrom those of today. It is a self-evident fact that wdien condi-tions change, old rules and instructions become obsolete, or 24; must be changed to suit the new conditions. A shght review ofthe instruction regarding the use of straight air to bunch theslack gently, may be sufficient to demonstrate this. This instruc-tion given when only part air trains were the rule, was neces-sary, for if the brakes were applied on the brake cars before theslack was in from the unbraked cars behind, the shock wassometimes equal to a collision. Xow, if the slack is bunched withan all air train, particularly with empties at the rear, the
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