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 275
e pipe reduction, consequently a 10-pound brakepipe reduction should register about 25 pounds on the brakecylinder gauge. Q. How should a test be made of the feed valve? A. See that the system is fully charged to the maximumpressure, place the automatic brake valve in running po-sition, then open… … Fig. 42. E-6 Safety Valve WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE 273 fall of the brake pipe gauge hand will indicate the open-ing and closing of the feed valve. The feed valve is sup-posed to open and close with a variation of about 2 poundson a light engine. If it varies more than this it needsattention. Q.…
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