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	Air brake (rail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Electro-pneumatic or EP brakes are a new type of air brake that will allow for immediate application of brakes throughout the train instead of the sequential application for the current type.
		The main competitor to the air brake is the vacuum brake, which operates on negative pressure.
		Air brakes are also used in trucks, buses and semi-trailers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_brake_(rail) (1764 words)

	Air brake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Air brake (aircraft), in aeronautics, a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed
		Air brake (rail), a type of brake operated by compressed air
		Air brake (commercial vehicle), a type of brake used to stop a truck or trailer by compressed air
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_brake (151 words)

	Transportation Terms and Definitions
		Applying the brakes by a direct operation other then by a brake pipe reduction, such as the electro-pneumatic operation with HSC equipments, as well as where air flow is directed from a supply through a brake valve into the brake cylinders on a locomotive.
		Rails are cooled on hot beds to a temperature of 1,000 degrees F to 725 degrees F and then placed in closed containers where the rails are slow cooled at a controlled rate.
		A rail brace which may be adjusted laterally with respect to the stock rail to compensate for variation in the dimensions of the rail and to permit adjustment for wear.
	www.synectservices.com /terms_and_definitions.htm (6893 words)

	Bendix Air Brake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine, and tokeep it from starting to move.
		Brakes of some description are fitted to most wheeled vehicles, including automobiles of all kinds, trains, motorcycles, and bicycles.
		Some also feature air brakes designed to slow them down in flight (notable examples include some WWII -era fighter aircraft which used"dive brakes" to allow the planes to maintain a safe speed in a steep descent).
	www.vermontreview.com /edge/15701-bendixairbrake.html (457 words)

	Air Brakes Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The air pressure forces the piston to move against the spring pressure and causes the brake blocks to be applied to the wheels.
		Air will continue to pass from the auxiliary reservoir to the brake cylinder until the pressure in both is equal.
		The brake valve is fitted with a pressure sensitive valve which allows a reduction in brake pipe pressure according to the position of the brake valve handle selected by the driver.
	www.railway-technical.com /air-brakes.html (3265 words)

	Train Braking Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		continuous brakes, a guard (conductor) was provided to operate the brake on his vehicle to assist the driver stop the train, the "luggage van" was used and it became known as the brake van. On freight trains, the same term was used for the vehicle used by the guard.
		Braking and other systems on the train use compressed air both as a power source and a control medium. The connections between vehicles are through flexible pipes usually referred to as hoses. Hoses are normally equipped with isolating cocks to shut off the supply and bleed the hose when vehicles are uncoupled.
		The traditional form of wheel brake consisting of a block of friction material (which could be cast iron, wood or nowadays a composition material) hung from a lever and being pressed against the wheel tread by air pressure (in the air brake) or atmospheric pressure in the case of the
	www.railway-technical.com /brake1.html (7301 words)

	TSB Reports - Rail 1996 - R96C0086
		When recharging the air brake system, sufficient time must be allowed to permit the air to flow through the associated pipes and ports and into the reservoirs in the entire air brake system.
		Once the brakes were released and as the train travelled towards Cathedral, the locomotive engineer had difficulty in controlling train speed and he initiated an emergency brake application.
		At this point, the effectiveness of the air brakes was lost as the air in the reservoirs had been depleted.
	www.bst.gc.ca /en/reports/rail/1996/r96c0086/r96c0086.asp (4200 words)

	SDRM Train Air Brake Description and History
		The next generation of brakes, invented by George Westinghouse in 1869, added a compressor to the locomotive, and a brake pipe running the length of the train, connected between cars with gladhands, which were symmetrical "non-gendered" connectors that were latched together by hand and would separate by themselves if pulled on.
		As air is pumped down the brake pipe by the locomotive, the triple valve directs it into the car's reservoir, where it is held for use in applying the brakes later.
		Air is moving through the brake pipe, and suddenly the air passage is shut.
	sdrm.org /faqs/brakes/history (2719 words)

	TSB Reports - Rail 1997 - R97C0147
		It can be used alone or in conjunction with the train air brakes and operates by electrically converting the traction motors of a moving locomotive into electric generators which act to retard the driving axles of the locomotives to supply a retarding force.
		Applying hand brakes to hold the train stationary while recharging the brake system, or using retainers to retain brake cylinder pressure on selected cars after the train brakes were released, would have ensured that train 353 safely descended the remainder of the hill, but would have caused significant delay to the train.
		The dynamic brake is a locomotive braking system that uses the locomotive traction motors to retard the rotation of the locomotive drive axles and can be used alone or in conjunction with the train air brake system.
	www.bst.gc.ca /en/reports/rail/1997/r97c0147/r97c0147.asp (9719 words)

	Railroad Terminology Terms
		A reduction in brake pipe pressure, regardless of how it is made (bleeding of air by use of a valve, or by a break in the train line) automatically applies the brakes.
		It is connected to the brake pipe by a branch pipe and operated by releasing brake pipe air to the atmosphere.
		A rail joint which arrests the flow of electric current form rail to rail as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors separating rail ends and other metal parts.
	www.icrr.net /terms.htm (8998 words)

	Brake -
		A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine, and to keep it from starting to move.
		Brakes of some description are fitted to most wheeled vehicles, including automobiles of all kinds, trucks, trains, motorcycles, and bicycles.
		Friction brakes on cars store the heat in the rotating part (drum or disc) during the brake application and release it to the air gradually.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Brake (317 words)

	008065B Rail Structural Repairer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The MDTA classification of Rail Structural Repairer performs safety-sensitive functions and is subject to the provisions of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Drug and Alcohol Regulations.
		Makes necessary repairs to rail and rail related structures including the resurfacing of concrete, refinishing surfaces, repair of fencing, strengthening of weakened sections and painting of aerial structures.
		Considerable knowledge of the rail and rail related tools, materials, techniques and practices as applied to rail structural repair and rail maintenance work.
	www.co.miami-dade.fl.us /emprel/pay_plan/job_008065B.htm (496 words)

	Dealers in Heavy Machinery and Equipment for: Material Handling, Construction, Mining, Marine and Inudstrial Surplus
		Rail Car - AAR connection for rail car air brake system; cab mounted A-9 control valve w/ 36 CFM air compressor system, independant of vehicle brakes.
		Fuel level, service brake air pressure, low air alarm, rail air brake pressure.
		Air Brakes, Sanders, Train Air, Cummins diesel, Club Cab, paint is dull, doesn't have a scratch, absolutely a cream puff, interior of cab is spotless, all instrumentation is working and undamaged, no hanging wires, no loose bits and pieces.
	www.winchme.com /shuttlewagon.html (458 words)

	Railway Technology - Sridhar - Air Brake Hose Assemblies, Rubber Lined Products, Rubber Washers, Air Duct Boots, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		They also manufacture air duct boots, material handling hoses, rubber lined strainers, rubber lined dish ends, bends, grooved rubber soleplates, skirt rubbers, engine mountings, PTFE coated gate seals and rubber boots.
		Sridhar manufactures high quality air brake hose assemblies for the railway industry.
		Air brake hose pipe assemblies made to AAR and UIC standards are used in the rail industry.
	www.railway-technology.com /contractors/track/sridhar (686 words)

	air brake on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Westinghouse Air Brake Company Announces A 23.5% Increase In 1st Quarter 1998 EPS
		Cool compressors keep brake air reliable: how to prevent compressors from being overworked, running hot, and causing air-system downtime.
		Westinghouse Air Brake Sues Rival, Alleges Breach of Contract.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-airbrake.asp (186 words)

	#420: 08-30-96 - Justice Clears Restructured Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rail car door systems are the mechanisms used to open and close doors on passenger transit rail cars.
		Bingaman cited this case as another example of the Department's efforts to work with parties to remedy competitive problems that arise in the context of larger merger deals so that those transactions can proceed once the competitive problems are resolved.
		Westinghouse Air Brake Co. is based in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, and sells products for the railway and passenger transit industry.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/1996/August96/420at.htm (428 words)

	British Rail Class 92 -
		The Class 92 is a dual-voltage British railway locomotive which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail.
		Maximum power is 6760 hp (5 MW) on 25 kV or 5360 hp (4 MW) on 750 V. The maximum speed is 90 mph (146 km/h).
		The locomotive is fitted with both rheostatic and regenerative brakes, in addition to standard westinghouse air brake equipment.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/British_Rail_Class_92 (595 words)

	Air Brake Equipment - UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
		Based at the historic Doncaster Works in South Yorkshire, Wabtec Rail's service include the overhaul and refurbishment of passenger vehicles, and the manufacture, overhaul and conversion of freight, infrastructure support vehicles and shunting locomotives.
		Wabtec Rail also overhauls an extensive range of rail vehicle systems and components.
		These include wheelsets, passenger and freight bogies, air brake equipment, hydraulic dampers and buffers.
	www.kellysearch.co.uk /gb-product-3181.html (391 words)

	Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News: Rail Firms MotivePower, Westinghouse Air Brake Unveil New Merger Terms.@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rail Firms MotivePower, Westinghouse Air Brake Unveil New Merger Terms.
		Sep. 28 -- It was billed as a marriage of equals, but in the end, the bigger company got the most cake.
		After hammering out their differences though the weekend, Westinghouse Air Brake Co. and MotivePower Industries announced a revised merger yesterday that makes Wabco the dominant partner in the marriage of the two local makers and servicers of locomotives, rail cars and rail equipment.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:55913548&refid=ink_tptd_np (206 words)

	Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's
		The company, which does business as Wabtec, manufactures braking equipment and other parts for locomotives, freight cars, and passenger railcars.
		Products of Wabtec's freight group include air brake systems, draft gears, hand brakes, slack adjusters, heat exchanges, railroad electronics, and monitoring and control equipment.
		There are 13 competitors for Westinghouse Air Brake; see more.
	www.hoovers.com /wabtec/--ID__43798--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml (361 words)

	(WO 01/10699) REMOTELY OPERATED RAIL CAR STATUS MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		(57) A remotely operated rail car status monitor and control system including a plurality of handbrake status and release monitors (HSRMs), each of which is mounted to an individual rail car of a train, and a handheld data terminal (HDT).
		The HSRMs monitor and record the operational st ate of systems on the rail car such as the handbrake, load weight and refrigerator car temperature.
		Systems of the rail car such as the handbrake can also be released or otherwise controlled.
	wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=01/10699.010215&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (273 words)

	New York Air Brake Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's
		The company makes brakes and related train-control equipment; it also provides repair services and replacement parts.
		New York Air Brake is a unit of Germany's Knorr-Bremse, a major manufacturer of braking systems for both trucks and trains.
		Once part of General Signal, New York Air Brake was acquired by Knorr-Bremse in 1991.
	hoovers.com /new-york-air-brake/--ID__139553--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml (308 words)

	Hoses, Air Brake, Railway - UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
		Hydraulic fittings, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic filters, hydraulic valves, hydraulic hoses, hydraulic tube, tube fittings, SAE flanges, weld fittings and flanges, test equipment, accumulators, pipe and tube in all grades and sizes, hydraulic adaptors, stainless steel and most exotic materials.
		Industrial hose to meet all applications such as air, water, steam, chemical, ducting, offshore and marine.
		Experts in the field of hose testing and hose inspection including hydrostatic pressure testing and internal examination using videoscope.
	www.kellysearch.co.uk /gb-product-48632.html (1205 words)

	Rail Swap: Tech Info
		For example, I can scan or copy a piping diagram or info on one brake portion.
		Air Flow Description for Schedule 26L Locomotive Air Brake Equipment Arranged for Multiple Operation
		UC Passenger Car Brake Equipment, includes UEA-12-BC 4004 Ed.
	www.railswap.org /tech/airbrakes.htm (235 words)

	Air Brake Equipment - Worldwide
		Pallav Frictions is a manufacturing exporting unit of Dhruv Industries.Our Products include Brake Blocks/Linings (Rigid molded, Rubberized and Woven Rolls) Disc Bake Pads, Brake Shoes, Clutch Facings, and Friction Sheets/Discs/Gears etc. Apart of Automotive applications (i.e.
		We provide our customers with all their air brake and related product requirements, at the most competitive prices.
		Specialty Truck Parts is your one stop shopping center for used truck parts, new and rebuilt truck parts and equipment.
	www.kellysearch.com /qz-product-3181.html (867 words)

	Railway Air Brake Components, Railway Air Brake Components Manufacturers Suppliers Exporters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Railway Air Brake Components, Railway Air Brake Components Manufacturers Suppliers Exporters
		All Categories » Railway Components » Railway Air Brake Components
		This page contains manufacturers, suppliers, and wholesalers of Railway Air Brake Components.
	www.indianindustry.com /railwaycomponents/9263.html (109 words)

	Road & Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Description: Compressor Governor valve actuation or via Auxiliary Port (A) on the EXT-50
		For the purposes of draining more than one air tank:
		EXT-50 Drain Valve can control up to two additional XD-30
	www.generalpneumatics.com.au /road_rail.htm (252 words)

	Brass Fittings, Air Brake Hose Assemblies, Air Brake Tubing
		Brass Fittings, Air Brake Hose Assemblies, Air Brake Tubing
		Brass Fittings, Nylon Air Brake Tubing, Air Brake Hose Assemblies and Accessories, Bulk Air Brake Hose and Fittings.
		One of the nation's largest and fastest growing manufacturers of air brake products for the transportation industry.
	www.jurrep.com /CMI.htm (61 words)

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