. Brake tests; a report of a series of road tests of brakes on passenger equipment cars made at Absecon, New Jersey, in 1913 . Fig. 55A. BRAKE CYLINDER PRESSURE, UC PNEUMATIC diagram shows an emergency application taken in rack tests on the universal valve improved as aresult of the road trials. A comparison with Fig. 55 shows the elimination of slow serial action which hasbeen made. 117 M. p. 479 D PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY PUIL^DBLPUIA. Baltuors Sl Waauihotoh Bailroad CokfantKORTHcaM Central Railway Compant WUT JbHSKT & iJEASUORM RaILBOAD COMTAXIT loH Sheet Ho. ..;


. Brake tests; a report of a series of road tests of brakes on passenger equipment cars made at Absecon, New Jersey, in 1913 . Fig. 55A. BRAKE CYLINDER PRESSURE, UC PNEUMATIC diagram shows an emergency application taken in rack tests on the universal valve improved as aresult of the road trials. A comparison with Fig. 55 shows the elimination of slow serial action which hasbeen made. 117 M. p. 479 D PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY PUIL^DBLPUIA. Baltuors Sl Waauihotoh Bailroad CokfantKORTHcaM Central Railway Compant WUT JbHSKT & iJEASUORM RaILBOAD COMTAXIT loH Sheet Ho. ..;?.3. test department _ /3,&SM£..^I£3TS,_J/\/^^^^^ ALTOONA. ;?.#/3. Fig. 56A. BRAKE CYLINDER PRESSURE, UC PNEUMATIC rapid simuftaneous rise of brake cylinder pressure on all cars, will result in the heaviest steelpassenger train stopping, with an emergency application from a speed of 60 miles per hour, in less than itsown length. 118 M. P. 479 D Pennsylvania Railroad Company PhILADXLPBU, BaXTWOBB & WAaHlHOTOIf Railboad Cobipuit NORTBSBN CCHTItAL RaILWAT COMTAIIT WkST Jtn^KT SC !^EA9UOKK Ra1U)0»P CoMVAMT Sheet No TEST DEPARTMENT Altoona. ;


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