Railway air brake
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railway-air-brake-180-9430114
title:
Railway air brake
text:
A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention. In various forms, it has been nearly universally adopted. The Westinghouse system uses air pressure to charge air reservoirs (tanks) on each car. Full
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fail-safe power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_air_brake
date created:
2003-03-06T06:36:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T11:34:15Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Westinghouse_Air_Brake_piping_diagram.jpg","width":1844,"height":1128}
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13
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