automatic compressed-air brake for passenger trains

  • 1Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive …

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  • 2Kunze-Knorr brake — The Kunze Knorr brake ( Kunze Knorr Bremse or KK Bremse ) is an automatic compressed air brake for goods, passenger and express trains. It was the first graduated brake for goods trains in Europe. When it was introduced after the First World War …

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  • 3Passenger car (rail) — This article is about railroad equipment. For other cars, see Automobile and wiktionary definition of passenger car. Amtrak Superliner double deck lounge car …

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  • 4Vacuum brake — The vacuum brake is a braking system used on trains. It was first introduced in the mid 1860s and a variant, the automatic vacuum brake system became almost universal in British train equipment, and in those countries influenced by British… …

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  • 5Railway brake — A traditional clasp brake: the brake shoe (brown) bears on the surface (tyre) of the wheel (red), and is operated by the levers (grey) on the left …

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  • 6Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …

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  • 7Coupling (railway) — Knuckle (AAR Type E ) couplers in use ICE coupler A c …

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  • 8DB Class 628 — Quantity: 304 Manufacturer: Düwag, Waggon Union, AEG and others Entered service: 1986 1996 …

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  • 9Automobile — For the magazine, see Automobile Magazine. Car and Cars redirect here. For other uses, see Car (disambiguation). Automobile …

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  • 10Preselector gearbox — For other uses, see Preselector (disambiguation). Transmission types Manual Sequential manual Non synchronous Preselector Automatic Manumatic Semi automatic …

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