Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules (1908)
National correspondence school of railroading, Chicago. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] · leaf 307
ater than that at which the governor acts.When the wheel attains a velocity great enough to over-come the tension of spring 134, the brake shoes 133travel out until they come in contact with the wall of themain casting 101, and so prevent the speed of the turbinewheel from exceeding a certain… … PLATE 135. To adjust the .centrifugal brake, the armature, enginecap and governor should be removed, and the wheel andshaft pulled out, giving free access to the brake. To de-crease the speed, all nuts should be turned to the left, andto increase speed, all nuts should be turned to the…
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