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Railway brake

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a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives.

See also: Railroad



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While with SWDT Vic, who worked for railway brake system and regulator manufacturer, SAB (Svenska Aktiebolaget Bromsregulator) at Aycliffe, won the Eaton Trophy for the best log book of the year.
For conductors and yardmasters and railway brake, signal, and switch operators, coupling accidents account for about two-fifths of the fatalities in which a pedestrian is struck by a railway vehicle.
CAPTION(S): AGE OF STEAM The Taff Va e Railway brake van at the Cathays depot, Cardiff, in 1900.
 
 
 
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