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Pump brake

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See Pump handle, below.

See also: Pump



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The new air pump brake, essential for today's rolling stock, retro-fitted to the 1937-built locomotive, had burst, probably hit by an object.
The differences in pump brake horsepower (BHP) and motor horsepower (MHP) are shown in Table 4 for a system with a distribution pump at the plant and common legs at each building bridge connection (as in Figure 1) compared to a system with the common leg at the plant (Figure 3) using actual design data from the Sonoma State plant.
If your car is equipped with anti-lock brakes, do not pump brakes in attempting to stop.
 
 
 
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