. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . aui,*ifr mc3C*voiR sumr *t sen voir ***c**moch i jD pressed air to and from the brake cyl-inders, and is actuated by variations ofpressure in the brake pipe. An electro-pneumatic brake will be understood as onein which compressed air is utilized to de-velop a force in a brake cylinder which istransmitted through a foundation brakegear to bring the brake shoes in contactwith the wheels, the electric current be-ing used for the purpose of obtaining si-multaneous and uniform action from the•o
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . aui,*ifr mc3C*voiR sumr *t sen voir ***c**moch i jD pressed air to and from the brake cyl-inders, and is actuated by variations ofpressure in the brake pipe. An electro-pneumatic brake will be understood as onein which compressed air is utilized to de-velop a force in a brake cylinder which istransmitted through a foundation brakegear to bring the brake shoes in contactwith the wheels, the electric current be-ing used for the purpose of obtaining si-multaneous and uniform action from the•operating valves to the intent that allbrakes in a train may start to apply andstart to release at the same instant, andthat the full application of brakes may be 8. Continuous compensation for over-reduction in brake pipe pressure. 9. Instant high emergency brakingpower at any time before or after serviceapplication. 10. Maximum practicable difference be-tween service and emergency breakingpower. 11. Prompt and positive release notimpaired, following an emergency applica-tion, regardless of high
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