main automatic brake pipe
1brake pipe — noun : the main pipe of a pressure brake system extending the entire length of the train and connecting the manual and the automatic actuating devices on individual vehicles called also train line; see air brake …
2Automatic Warning System — The Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a form of limited cab signalling and train protection system introduced in 1956 in the United Kingdom to help train drivers observe and obey signals. It was based on a 1930 system developed by Alfred Ernest… …
3Railway 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 …
4Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive …
5Vacuum 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… …
6Westinghouse Air Brake Company — cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title = Welcome to Saskrailmuseum.org work = Contact Us publisher = date = September 11, 2008 url = http://www.saskrailmuseum.org/ format = doi = accessdate =2008 10 03 ] The air brake was invented …
7Emergency brake (train) — This article is about emergency brakes on trains. For emergency brakes in cars, see hand brake. Driver s brake handle in a UK Electric Multiple Unit On trains, the expression emergency brake has several meanings: The maximum brake force available …
8Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …
9FS Class E636 — Infobox Locomotive name = FS class E636 powertype = Electric electricsystem = 3,000 V DC tractionmotors = DC series caption = E636 002 in its original livery, property of FerAlp Team museum in Bussoleno builddate = 1940 ndash;1962 builder = Breda …
10George Westinghouse — Infobox Scientist name = George Westinghouse caption = birth date = birth date|1846|10|6 birth place = Central Bridge, New York death date = death date and age|1914|03|12|1846|10|06 death place = New York, New York residence = citizenship =… …
