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
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Authors:
- Kito, K
- Publication Date: 1960-12
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 76
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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