LABORATORY TEST OF THE REMODELLED K-1 TRIPLE VALVE FOR FREIGHT CARS

Test was conducted in 1958 on a freight train equipped with a K-1 triple valve without the conventional brake cylinder choke for the purpose of speed-up of freight train operation. Results suggested the necessity of improvement on the brake apparatus and the car-end buffer, because undesirable impacts occasionally occurred.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Kito, K
• Publication Date: 1960-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 76
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Freight cars; Machine valves; Railroad cars; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033098
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM