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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 237

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meant by the term Double L. N. or DoubleP. M. Equipment? A. On many of the new passenger equipments there is abrake cylinder and an auxiliary for each end of the carconnected by the same pipe. Hence, they are called doubleL. N. or double P. M. equipment. Low Pressure Retaining Valve Operation—When… … Fig. 23. Single-Pressure Eetaining Valve, Closed WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE 235 out to the atmosphere through the exhaust, opening at theback of the valve. However, when the handle 5 is turnedup to retaining position, as shown in (figure 23), the exhaustair from the brake cylinder must pass around…

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