. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE EF OF DIFFERENT PERCENTAGEBRAKING POWER ON EMPTY AND LOADED CARS AS AFFECTINGDRAW BAR STRAINS. ber of railroads, we have observed thaton one particular system, where a goodgrade of valve oil was used—in fact, itwas sometimes used so extravagantly thatfrom a pint to a quart of clear oil was attimes drained from the main reservoirand used a second time—no main reservoirexplosion was ever heard of during the 5years of employment with that system;but, upon entering the service of anotherlarge road, was surprised to find that
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE EF OF DIFFERENT PERCENTAGEBRAKING POWER ON EMPTY AND LOADED CARS AS AFFECTINGDRAW BAR STRAINS. ber of railroads, we have observed thaton one particular system, where a goodgrade of valve oil was used—in fact, itwas sometimes used so extravagantly thatfrom a pint to a quart of clear oil was attimes drained from the main reservoirand used a second time—no main reservoirexplosion was ever heard of during the 5years of employment with that system;but, upon entering the service of anotherlarge road, was surprised to find that appear to be good policy to eliminate thisundesirable and dangerous practice whileattempts are made to overcome reservoirexplosions by test. Empty and Load Brake Efficiency. During the past year the air brake de-partment of this magazine contained anumber of articles leading up to a descrip-tion of the empty and load brake for December, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 453 freight cars. During the first months ofthe yea
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