The Air Brake; Its Construction and Working ... Forming One of the Series of Volumes Comprised in the Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Kirkman's Science of Railways" ...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...than one-half of their stroke. When the cam-brake is used, care should be taken to adjust both cams alike in order that the point of contact of the cam should be in line with the piston-rod. The tender-brake must be adjusted by means of the dead-truck levers, so the piston will travel not less than five nor more than six inches when the air-brake is applied and the hand-brake released. This adjustment should be made whenever the piston travel is found to exceed eight inches. The engine-truck brake should have a piston travel of not less than one-half nor more than threefourths of the length of the cylinder, and must be adjusted alike on both sides. Brake-Cylinders and Triple-Valves.--The brake-cylinders and triple-valves should be examined and cleaned once every six months, and the cylinders oiled once in three months. If the driver-brake cylinders are in a position to be afiected by the heat of the boiler, they must be oiled more frequently and the pistons given onehalf turn. Record should be kept of the date of each cleaning and oiling. Draining.--The main reservoir and also the drain-cup in the train-pipe under the tender should, after each trip, be drained of any accumulation. The auxiliary reservoirs and triple-valve should also be drained frequently, daily in cold weather, and the train-pipe under the tender' blown out. APPENDIX BEING DRAWINGS SHOWING THE DETAILS/OF THE "WESTINGHOUSE" AND "NEW YORK" AIR BRAKES. DESCRIPTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANIPULATION or THE WESTINGHOUSE ENGINE AND TENDER BRAKE EQUIPMENT, MODERN WEST-INGHOUSE AIR PUMPS, MODERN WESTING-HOUSE TRIPLE VALVES-AND THE NEW YORK LOCCMOTIVE BRAKE EQUIP-MEN'1', STYLE B3. I WESTINGHOUSE AIR. BRAKE Illustrated in the following pages:...