A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901) (14755792331)

Identifier: textbookonlocomo02inte (find matches)
Title: A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: International Correspondence Schools
Subjects: Locomotives Locomotive boilers Locomotives Railroad cars
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International textbook co
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library



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§15 THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE. 25 it can be op orated from the engine in the ordinary manner.When the handle is turned so as to be parallel to, or in linewith the pipe, the brake on that car is cut out, or is inoperative.Fig. 7 shows the quick-action triple valve connected to thebrake cylinder, this illustration being on a larger scale than inFig. 1. The branch jjipe from the car drain cup beforementioned connects with the triple valve at W. The openingd of the triple valve communicates with the passage P inthe cylinder head, through which air is conducted to andfrom the brake cylinder. The opening Y connects with apipe 12 leading to the auxiliary reservoir, through whichthe air is conducted between the auxiliary reservoir and thetriple valve. 48. The parts that compiose the quick-action trii)le valve aslettered and numbered in Fig. 8 are: The triple piston 128; theexhaust valve 38; the graduating valve 4S; the packing ring 3in triple piston; the exhaust-valve spring 9; the graduating-v