Locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1897) (14574836540)

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Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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e distance in which a train can bestopped from a speed of 40 miles perhour is nearly twice as great as that fromwhich it can be stopped from a speed of30 miles per hour. At 50 miles per hour,the stopping distance is more than threetimes as great as that required at 40 milesper hour. At 60 miles per hour, the dis-tance required for stopping is about fivetimes as great as that required for 30miles per hour, and more than two andone-half times as great as that requiredat 40 miles per hour. § $ i The Burlington route between Chicago.St. Paul and Minneapolis, lays claim tothe finest train in the world in a neatbooklet by that title. The engravings arevery fine, and the views, both interior an 1exterior, lead one to believe their claimis not without foundation. Their bill-of-fare, which occupies the page opposite thedining-car interior, is tempting enoughto lead to a selection of this route bythose who like to satisfy the inner man. 570 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 3 c-L I 1! / \ -M n == •<
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H M< » Q(3 m Bo Bs 0 oBaz a .^ a The Westinghouse High-Speed Brake. The high speed brake has been designedto meet the exceptional requirements ofregular trains which are scheduled to runat much higher average rates of speedthan have heretofore prevailed in pas-senger train service. No arguments, oreven statements of fact, concerning thespecial conditions attending such unus-ually speeded trains will be necessary tomake it clear to those operating themthat the most efficient means of promptlyreducing speed is of the greatest import-ance, if it can be secured by employingsimple and reliable appliances. The termreliable is used in the most literal andextreme sense of its application to me-chanics, as the brake service upon suchtrains requires that the brake apparatusshall be characterized by this qualityabove all others. The high speed brake will stop pas-senger trains in emergencies in about 30per cent, less distance than is requiredwith the best brakes heretofore used. The brake ap