. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . TO GAGE OOVJ! F V B P EXHAUST E V 677 SERVICE F V B P EXHAUST E V 677 EMERGENCY POSITION. when boiler is empty, close the brakevalve cut-out cock, open the cut-outcock in the dead engine fixture andslack off the adjusting nut of the safetyvalve about two turns. The automaticvalve, as before, remains in running po-sition and the straight air valve in re-lease position. If no one is to accompany the en-gine, the automatic brake valve, or, bet-ter still, both valve handles should bere
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . TO GAGE OOVJ! F V B P EXHAUST E V 677 SERVICE F V B P EXHAUST E V 677 EMERGENCY POSITION. when boiler is empty, close the brakevalve cut-out cock, open the cut-outcock in the dead engine fixture andslack off the adjusting nut of the safetyvalve about two turns. The automaticvalve, as before, remains in running po-sition and the straight air valve in re-lease position. If no one is to accompany the en-gine, the automatic brake valve, or, bet-ter still, both valve handles should beremoved to prevent anyone from mov-ing the handles from their proper po-sitions, which would cause the brake tofail to release. On descending heavy grades in thismanner some one must ride the dead volume of compressed air for presentrequirements. While it may be practically impossi-ble to supply an air brake man withmore main reservoir volume than hecan successfully handle, there are manyair brake men who are inclined to be-lieve that the matter of providing suffi-cient main reservoir capacity is some-times overdone. The manufacturers as-sume that the mai
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