SAMSON GIVES NEW LOOK TO METAL-SHOE BRAKING

For a month railroads have had the authority to replace conventional metal brake shoes on foreign freight cars with a new high-phosphorus shoe, billing owners for the 20% higher price which this product involves. In the wake of AAR conditional approval, the Mechanical Division Committee on Brakes and Brake Equipment is working on a specification for the new "high-phos" shoe, now designated AAR-1B.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-48
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 146
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Brake shoes; Brakes; Braking; Freight cars
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems; Freight car braking
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047468
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM