BRAKING OF HEAVY TRAINS

Trends in dealing with formations up to 14,000-tons with proposals for 22,000-tons freight and mineral trains are discussed. Air braking as applied to very heavy and very long trains is of two types. On the Vitoria a Minas line in Brazil the specifications are all based on AAR practice. For the proposed 22,000-ton trains of the future, the present idea is to insert a special brake van with diesel-powered compressors and other air-brake details to which more rapid filling at the back end of the train after the full release, which is all that is possible with direct-release brakes. All the other examples quoted have graduated-release brakes of Knorr KE type, because only with an inexhaustible graduated application and graduated-release brake is it possible to have full control over a train at all times.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1965-4-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 275
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 121

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Brakes; Braking; Disc brakes; Freight trains; Railroad trains; Technology; Train operations
• Geographic Terms: Africa; Brazil; Egypt; India; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems; Train load
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037860
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM