Up-To-Date Air Brake Catechism; A Practical and Complete Work, Treating on the Equipment Manufactured by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company Contains Over 2,000 Questions with Their Answers (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1908. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... the No. 6 et locomotive brake equipment. Q. What is the No. 6 et Locomotive Eqiiipment? A. It is the latest development of the et equipment, being a modification of the No. 5 equipment (described on page 307), to accomplish the same results by similar means, and make the manipulation of this new type of locomotive equipment exactly correspond in all respects to that of the old standard. Q. In what way does the manipulation of the No. 6 equipment differ from that of the No. 5? A. When second in double heading, or a helper, the engineer closes the cut-out cock in the brake pipe under the brake valve (now called the "double-heading cock") and leaves the handle of the automatic brake valve in running position with the No. 6 equipment; while with the No. 5 equipment, as already stated, he moves that handle to lap. Q. In applying and releasing the brakes, is there any difference in the manipulation of the two equiph ments f A. None whatever. Q. Is there any difference in the principal parts A. The double cut-out cock under the automatic brake valve is eliminated in the No. 6 equipment, being replaced by an ordinary cut-out cock such as is used in of the equipment f the old standard equipment. This cock is now called the " double-heading cock," since it is only used when an engine is second in double heading, or a helper, or is a dead engine. Q. How does the piping of the No. 6 equipment differ from that of the No. 5? A. The double-heading pipe is replaced by the "distributing-valve release pipe," which connects the equalizing-valve exhaust port of the distributing valve with the automatic brake valve through the independent brake valve. The application chamber pipe is now called the "application cylinder pipe," and branches, one branch going to each brake val...