. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hold when the train broke in two?Because, as soon as the hose couplingseparated, all the air in the main pipeescaped at once; the train-pipe check in this second triple leaked the air outof the brake cylinder and auxiliary intothe open train pipe and outdoors. Whencharged to full pressure, and tested witha service application, the train-pipe pres-sure was not reduced below 50 pounds:so air could not pass from the brake cyl-inder to the train pipe. Moral—Dont let all the air out of thetrain pipe if
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hold when the train broke in two?Because, as soon as the hose couplingseparated, all the air in the main pipeescaped at once; the train-pipe check in this second triple leaked the air outof the brake cylinder and auxiliary intothe open train pipe and outdoors. Whencharged to full pressure, and tested witha service application, the train-pipe pres-sure was not reduced below 50 pounds:so air could not pass from the brake cyl-inder to the train pipe. Moral—Dont let all the air out of thetrain pipe if you want the brakes to holdwith a service application. There may bea leaky check valve in some triple. Here is another: In company with someair-brake experts, a visit was paid by thewriter to a test of some newly inventedtriple valves. A fifty-car rack was used,and the brakes were operated with a D-5valve. The triples were not Westing-house. A very heavy service reductionwas made from 70 pounds down to 40pounds in the train pipe. When the handleof the valve was lapped, the equalizing. Lig. C. & ST. L. ItY. AIR-BUAKR (,AIt.
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