Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1912 — Power of Air Brakes. [ARTICLE]

Power of Air Brakes.

Some idea of the power of an air brake may be gained from the following facts: It takes a powerful locomotive drawing a train of ten passenger cars a distance of about five miles to reach a speed of 60 miles an hour on a straight and level track. The brakes will stop the same train from a speed of 60 miles an hour In TOO feet Roughly, it may be stated that a train may be stopped by the brakes in about 3 percent. of the distance that must be covered to give it its speed.—Science Conspectus.