. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at spade do you consider the verybest? Third Year Student: Why, the ace, ofcourse. Energy and determination have donewonders many a time.—Bleak House. 1004, RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 35 Air=Brake Department. How Air-Brake Tests Are average air-lirakc man and rail-road official, in contemplating the hold-ing of a series of air-braked train trials,is, of necessity, almost wholly flnac-quainted with the details of such a pro-cedure, and is very prone to regard withund
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at spade do you consider the verybest? Third Year Student: Why, the ace, ofcourse. Energy and determination have donewonders many a time.—Bleak House. 1004, RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 35 Air=Brake Department. How Air-Brake Tests Are average air-lirakc man and rail-road official, in contemplating the hold-ing of a series of air-braked train trials,is, of necessity, almost wholly flnac-quainted with the details of such a pro-cedure, and is very prone to regard withundue lightness many things whichshould receive weighty limited experience and restricted CONDUCTKD BY F. M. sary. It is the object of our article todemonstrate this fact and to illustrate ina simple, comprehensive manner howmodern brake trials are held and datasecured which gives us our infoimationalong this line. The air-brake inspector or other per-son desiring to hold the test, must firstsatisfy the higher officials of the neces-sity for making it. Then he must find. WATCHING FOR SLID FLAT WHEELS. A [typical view just before Ihe train conies to a standstill. The flying dust obscures the men hanging from the rear car steps noting wheel sliding. view lead him to believe that a speed re-corder on the engine to record thespeed, a 50 ft. tape line to measure thelength of stop, and the back of an oldenvelope on which to jot down thelength of stops, is all the preparationout of the ordinary necessary to make aseries of brake trials. As a rule he has no knowledge of thedifficulty experienced in attaining highspeeds; nevertheless, he will probablyboldly announce that he proposes tomake all speeds from 60 miles per hourup to 120. He may be a trifle more far-seeing, perhaps, and add to his facilitiesfor collecting valuable data such refine-ments as an arrangement whereby white-wash may be squirted on the ties, or redlead on the snow, simultaneous with theap
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