. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . V . ; I 7ff/f/.£. f5T/fNo/f/f£> y^/f£/o//r Cri///o£/^, /f£S£/iyo//i /f/^i>T/f/PL£ //fiy£.d /rv. I>//iM£re/T ar /^//v. iSr/ro/rs. Disabled Cars.—Whenever it is necessary on afreight or passenger train to place a disabled aircar behind the air-braked cars in use, the hoseshould be coupled to the next car ahead, theangle cock opened on the car ahead, but theangle cock on the disabled car closed. This keepspressure in the hose coupling, and, if the train * A car with the brake cut out is the same as simply as apiped car. 374 R
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . V . ; I 7ff/f/.£. f5T/fNo/f/f£> y^/f£/o//r Cri///o£/^, /f£S£/iyo//i /f/^i>T/f/PL£ //fiy£.d /rv. I>//iM£re/T ar /^//v. iSr/ro/rs. Disabled Cars.—Whenever it is necessary on afreight or passenger train to place a disabled aircar behind the air-braked cars in use, the hoseshould be coupled to the next car ahead, theangle cock opened on the car ahead, but theangle cock on the disabled car closed. This keepspressure in the hose coupling, and, if the train * A car with the brake cut out is the same as simply as apiped car. 374 RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. should part there, the brakes on the head sectionwould apply before the parts were far separated. On passenger trains, when a change in theorder of the cars would materially affect the con-venience of the train, if the train line on anycar should become disal)led, the signal pipe ofthe car could be used as the train line by util-izing a short combination coupling at each endof the car. Such a coupling is formed by a shortpiece of hose with a signal
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