. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er countries. The rather peculiar situation as to power brakes inIndia was also set forth in our columns in the form ofnotes made and information gathered by an internationaltraveler who had been on the ground and spoke from firsthand information. As India is an English province, wefelt that the standards or practices followed there mightbe closely related to that of the mother country. Wetherefore requested our London correspondent to brieflyreview the situation at present in England, and pr
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er countries. The rather peculiar situation as to power brakes inIndia was also set forth in our columns in the form ofnotes made and information gathered by an internationaltraveler who had been on the ground and spoke from firsthand information. As India is an English province, wefelt that the standards or practices followed there mightbe closely related to that of the mother country. Wetherefore requested our London correspondent to brieflyreview the situation at present in England, and presentbelow his comments and impressions based on personalobservation and inquiry. Vacuum and Air Brakes in Britain It is remarkable the tenacity with which the Britishrailway men cling to their old favorite vacuum brake. Therecent fusion or grouping of the various railwaysbrought forward the question of unification of the brake-\ stems used, and it appears, if our information is correct,that the vacuum brake will probably be accepted for gen-eral adoption or standard for main line service through-. London & North Eastern Railway 15 Car Train With Westing-house Air Brake out the amalgamated systems. This, in spite of theadoption of the air brake for the European railways, theconversion from vacuum to air of the Japanese and DutchIndies systems, and the impossibility of getting thevacuum into successful operation on the India freighttrains; truly the Britisher is most conservative. Prior to consolidation or grouping, a number of theBritish railways had adopted the Westinghouse air brakefor all passenger trains whilst others used the vacuum;themajority the latter. The actual figures of vehicles equippedwith the different apparatus were approximately as follows with the air brake, 42,500 with the vacuum brake,and there were 10,900 dual fitted, or equipped with bothsystems to enable interchange of passenger stock. Manyof the locomotives are also fitted with appliances for op
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