Treatise covering operation, defects and remedies of the locomotive, Westinghouse and New York air-brake, also questions and answers to first, second and third year's progressive examinations (1917)
MacDonald, J. R. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] The author · leaf 231
ake cylinder. Port Din the slide valve now registers with port C in the seatleading to the upper (or back) of the by-pass piston 25,allowing the pressure from the back of this piston to passto the brake cylinder through port G, D, N, R and C,when the auxiliary pressure in chamber R, forward ofthe… … Fig. 22. E-7 Safety Valve WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE 229 the port leading to the slide valve chamber It, thence to thebrake cylinder. This adding to the volume of the auxiliaryreservoir increases it to about 3% times the size of the auxil-iary. Thus it will be seen that the brake cylinder receivesair…
Locomotives · Westinghouse air-brake · New York air-brake
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