. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . AIR BRAKE INSTRUCTION CAR, GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 915. AIR BRAKE INSTRUCTION CAR, (IREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. 91(! LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. correspondent can diverge from thebeaten patli, and develop an idea of hisown, yet we must say, as we have saidbefore in commenting upon similar de-vices, that the very considerable expenseinvolved in maintaining an air-brake sys-tem which depends upon two train pipesfor its operation is sufficient to discour-age its introduction to railroad ser
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . AIR BRAKE INSTRUCTION CAR, GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 915. AIR BRAKE INSTRUCTION CAR, (IREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. 91(! LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. correspondent can diverge from thebeaten patli, and develop an idea of hisown, yet we must say, as we have saidbefore in commenting upon similar de-vices, that the very considerable expenseinvolved in maintaining an air-brake sys-tem which depends upon two train pipesfor its operation is sufficient to discour-age its introduction to railroad multiplicity of pans, ami the expenserequired to maintain the second train lineand its valves, would outweigh the use-fulness of the device. It would be impos-sible to have a separate system of brakesfor each diflFerent kind of service. If a train is to be held on a grade forseveral hours at a time, it would be muchthe better plan to set the hand rails or ties were to be strewn along thetrack, it could be more quickly done bymoving at a slow regular rate of speed,while the crew did the unloading, ratherthan pull ahead and stop for each t
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