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  Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Coal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report: Fatality #1 - Powered ...
The twelve ton, battery-powered, Brookville locomotive he was operating had been coupled to two mine supply cars loaded with twelve pallets of cinder blocks and two bundles of wire mesh.
Note that sliding the locomotive on sanded rails was found to provide approximately 1-3/4 times more braking force than sliding the locomotive on an unsanded rail but the operator may not act to sand the rails in an emergency situation or the sanders could be empty.
It is the consensus of the investigation team that the locomotive accident occurred because of a loss of control on the ascending grade, resulting in a runaway trip.
www.msha.gov /FATALS/2001/FTL01c01.HTM   (5162 words)

  
 Builders_1
The first locomotive built by the company for use in Britain was delivered to the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway Co., but well into the 1850s, the firm continued to be engaged in a variety of general engineering projects as well as locomotive building.
Locomotive porduction increased again during World War II, and the company was recognized for its service to the country in 1942, but soon after the end of the war, demand for steam locomotives dwindled, and H. Porter became primarily a holding company for the many subsidiaries Evans had acquired.
Locomotives continued to be successfully produced for the world market, although the First World War changed the emphasis of production for the duration of the war to gun shells and mountings, mine sweeping devices, caterpillar tractors and other war items.
www.trainweb.org /loggingz/builders_1.html   (19488 words)

  
 Brookville Hotel
The company began in 1918 by installing flanged railroad wheels on Ford trucks.
The company soon began building gasoline-powered locomotives of their own during World War I. In order to keep up with technological advances through the 20th century, Brookville has had to constantly improve their products.
Brookville's locomotives were the first to include planetary drive axles rather than chain drives.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/26/brookville-hotel.html   (1096 words)

  
 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Metal and Nonmetal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report: Fatality #9 ...
The failure of the locomotive operator to immediately stop the train when he realized that his brakeman was not waiting at the switch was also considered a cause of the accident.
Failure of the locomotive operator to immediately stop the train when he realized that the brakeman was not at his assigned area was a contributing factor.
When the locomotive cleared the switch, the operator noticed that the victim was not at the switch where he should have been.
www.msha.gov /FATALS/2000/Ftl00M09.HTM   (2066 words)

  
 Rockhill Trolley Museum: Brookville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Brookville Locomotive Works, Brookville, PA The Rockhill Trolley Museum has a variety of work equipment, and one of the most used pieces is our diminutive Brookville gasoline-powered locomotive.
In the mid 1960s, the locomotive was borrowed from Meehan and Sons and taken to Trolley Valhalla in Tansboro, NJ.
The Meehan company principles subsequently said the locomotive was to remain at Rockhill unless they needed it for a job.
www.rockhilltrolley.org /roster/bv_gas.htm   (372 words)

  
 Diesel Locomotive Production Statistics
Each locomotive builder or rebuilder is included, along with a brief history of the company, types of engines used, locations of the major shops and a detailed list of locomotive models produced.
GM was the unquestioned leader in the diesel locomotive field for many years, but their number one position was taken by GE in 1983.
American Locomotive Company was one of the steam locomotive builders in the country, and gradually switched over to diesels.
membrane.com /~elmer/rail/product.html   (3716 words)

  
 Metro-North's stealthy switcher - Railway Age, October 2000
Metro-North's switcher is the largest locomotive Brookville has built in its 82-year history.
The company is primarily known for manufacturing mining locomotives in sizes ranging from four to 45 tons, and the Metro-North units "are the first step in opening a door to the industrial switcher business," according to President Dalph S. McNeil.
Brookville Locomotive's 70-ton diesel-electric switchers built for Metro-North are of a two-axle, center cab design with multiple-unit capability.
www.railwayage.com /oct00/switcher.html   (637 words)

  
 WW&F Museum Rolling Stock
King has generously allowed the old locomotive to be returned to Maine, awaiting the day when she can again ride the rails under a full head of steam.
This locomotive, Vulcan builder's #574, was originally a 30" gauge locomotive, built for the Louisiana sugar plantations.
Flatcar 118 was built in 1912 by the Portland Company for the WW&F, and was one of the last batch of 10 flatcars the railroad bought.
lincoln.midcoast.com /~wwfry/wwfrstok.html   (2226 words)

  
 The Reading T-1
To that end he ordered the company's superintendent of motive power and rolling equipment, E. Paul Gangewere, to get together with the design engineers at the Baldwin Locomotive Works to develop a plan to convert 30 of the railroad's I-10a 2-8-0 Consolidations to new 4-8-4 Northerns.
These 30 steam locomotives (road numbers 2100 -2129) were rebuilt in the railroad's own shops in Reading, PA, beginning in 1945 with the project completed by 1947.
The I-10a locomotives, built in 1923-1925, and later converted to T-1s, had a firebox with over 90 square feet, which was about double that of a comparable soft coal burning locomotive at that time.
www.steamlocomotive.com /northern/reading   (2259 words)

  
 Brookville Locomotive, Te Aroha, railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
After a varied life, including a stay in a children's play ground, it was rebuilt by Cable Price, and started work at the Lockerbie dairy Factory in Morrinsville.
The Brookville Locomotive Company is still making locos for shunting and mining operations, and was able to trace this machine to it's manufacturing records after 64 years.
Restoration work has started on it, and it should be the first locomotive to run on the new tracks.
www.te-aroha.com /railway/brookville.htm   (117 words)

  
 COMPANY INFORMATION
I was 25 years old and had already had a lot of experience in the electrical field, having been employed as a locomotive wireman at the General Electric Company Plant in Erie.
Al also put his application in at the General Electric Co. plant, and by early 1940 he was called by the company and given a job in the same area I was working on the locomotive wiring.
He was sent to Iran to service the locomotives that had been shipped there earlier.
www.churchandmurdock.com /company_information.htm   (1457 words)

  
 Diesel Locomotive Production Statistics
The EMC name was retained until the two companies were merged to become EMD in 1941.
GE started out producing electrical components for locomotives built be other companies and at various points teamed up with other builders (notably Alco) to build locomotives.
Brill Company (Brill) Brill was a carbody builder and produced a few diesel-electrics and gas-electrics Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC) CLC was a F-M subsidiary, building F-M designs in Canada.
membrane.com /bigtoys/rail/production.html   (3610 words)

  
 Brookville, brookville florida, brookville area high school   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Brookville, the Count Seat of Jefferson County, is located in the.
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Brookville offers the best of both worlds for those who enjoy (and can afford) living in a bucolic North Shore setting, while having quick access to shops,.
www.independent-study.org /brookville.html   (974 words)

  
 Talk:Brookville Locomotive Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.
Add a photo or two of a Brookville locomotive
This page was last modified 15:04, 30 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Brookville_Locomotive_Company   (104 words)

  
 Locomotive sites
The Baldwin Locomotive Collection is devoted to the largest and most influential manufacturer of steam railroad locomotive engines in the world.
Dick Kerr builder of petrol/electric locomotives, was one of the firms that amalgamated to form the English Electric Company
Hunslets designed these light weight locomotives for work in harsh environments in the Quarries running most of the year, year in year out, until the decline of the quarries.
members.shaw.ca /twofooter/ww2ftrrzLoco.htm   (1079 words)

  
 ALCo World: Texas State RR
For reliability reasons the locomotives' aging 244 diesel engine is being replaced with a brand-new 1500 HP Caterpillar 3512 engine.
The end result is that when the vintage locomotive rolls out of the Pennsylvania shop it will be an even better diesel locomotive than when it was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1947.
The ALCO RS2 is at the Brookville Mining and Equipment Company's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
alcoworld.railfan.net /tsr.htm   (440 words)

  
 Transportation and Material Handling/Locomotives
Cattron Group International is the group of global companies and brands who collectively have over 125,000 installed industrial radio remote control systems worldwide.
Cattron Group equipment can be used almost anywhere the operator of machinery can be moved to a safer, more efficient and visually optimal location.
Locomotive and locomotive crane, sales, parts & service.
steellinks.com /pages/Transportation_and_Material_Handling/Locomotives   (671 words)

  
 Philippine Railways
A heavy engineering a construction company supplying complete factories, bridges and acted as agents for numerous companies.
Plymouth alcohol, petrol (gas) and diesel locomotive manufacturer.
Battery locomotives supplied to Mauricio Anatok Goldfields and Philippine Mining Corporation.
www.geocities.com /philippinerailways/supplier.htm   (131 words)

  
 Brookville YMCA Inc, Brookville, PA on MacRAE's Blue Book Industrial Directory of Manufacturers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Brookville YMCA Inc, Brookville, PA on MacRAE's Blue Book Industrial Directory of Manufacturers
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Browse by Company: A-B C-E F-J K-O P-S T-Z Browse by Heading: A-C D-K L-R S-Z
www.macraesbluebook.com /search/company.cfm?company=305538   (78 words)

  
 company.htm
Saminco is a private, wholly American owned company specializing in the design and manufacturing of High Power AC and DC Motor Control products.
The company also specializes in DC/DC step-up converters for fuel cells and batteries rated up to 250 kW.
These typically step up DC from 240V to 320 V or from 450V to 630V.
www.samincoinc.com /saminco/about_us.htm   (537 words)

  
 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - List of locomotive builders
Fairbanks-Morse (the company still exists, but they aren't manufacturing new locomotives)
Cincinnati Locomotive Works (also known as Harkness and as Moore and Richardson)
New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company (began as Swinburne and Smith)
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/List_of_locomotive_builders   (329 words)

  
 CRITTER MANUFACTURERS
>BROOKVILLE - Brookville Locomotive Works, Brookville, Pennsylvania, USA
CANADIAN - The Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
KERR STUART - Kerr Stuart & Company, Stoke-on-Trent, England
www3.sympatico.ca /mjmc/manu.htm   (437 words)

  
 Boston and Maine Diesel Locomotive and RDC Roster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Boston and Maine Diesel Locomotive and RDC Roster
NO# 18 TON BROOKVILLE 1163 1/28 4 wheel gas loco used by
Congratulations you made it to the end of the roster!
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