A counterweight brake (German: Wurfhebelbremse) is an early form of hand brake on railway tenders and tank locomotives. By throwing a counterweight lever...

air brake hose above coupling and tap Greece NG air brake, thin hose above and tap Counterweight brake Driver's brake valve Dual brake Dynamic brake Eddy...

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system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly...

practice. The Görlitz counterweight brake (Görlitzer Gewichtsbremse), a form of cable brake, operates in a similar way to the Heberlein brake, but differs markedly...

Heusinger (Walschaerts) Loco brake Hildebrand-Knorr automatic Schnellbahnbremse with auxiliary brakes and counterweight brake. Operating on both sides of...

Cylinder size 420 mm × 550 mm (16+9⁄16 in × 21+5⁄8 in) Loco brake Knorr automatic, single-chamber, compressed-air brakes Parking brake Counterweight brake...

as a result the first 10 units were given a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake. Twenty locomotives were destroyed during the Second World War; lightly...

independent brake system (like e.g. a compressed-air brake, vacuum brake or steam brake) for the engine, in addition to the usual counterweight or fixed brake, the...

to the Prignitz district Kleinbahnen, where they were fitted with Knorr brakes and in conjunction with that an impressive air reservoir on the boiler....

Train brakes originally K-P m.Z. and Schleifer driver's brake valve. Hardy vacuum brake with auxiliary brake. † KE-P m.Z. ‡ Parking brake Counterweight brake...

of the horizontal cylinders. The locomotives could be braked using an Exter counterweight brake. The D I saw shunting duties on small and medium-sized...

narrow-gauge network, Görlitz counterweight brakes were used to start with. In 1965 they began to be replaced by compressed air brakes. In contrast to many other...

locomotives originally only had a steam brake as braking equipment, supplemented by a counterweight brake. Westinghouse air brakes were later retrofitted. As special...

size 310 mm × 400 mm (12+3⁄16 in × 15+3⁄4 in) Valve gear Heusinger (Walschaerts) Train brakes Knorr compressed air Parking brake Counterweight brake...

copper firebox. Two vacuum Dampfstrahlpumpen served as feed pumps. For the brakes, there was, next to the smokebox a single-stage air pump, and in front of...

(17+5⁄16 in) Low-pressure cylinder 680 mm (26+3⁄4 in) Piston stroke 630 mm (24+13⁄16 in) Valve gear Walschaerts (Heusinger) Auxiliary brake Counterweight brake...

typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems such as a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise...

curves. The locomotive was braked using a counterweight brake. To brake the train, the cable reel for the Heberlein brake on the rear wall of the driver's...

between the rope and the drive bullwheel. Tension is provided either by a counterweight system or by hydraulic or pneumatic rams, which adjust the position...

third coupled wheels. The loco had an Exter counterweight brake for the engine and a Körting vacuum brake for the train. This was probably replaced in...

is collected on a winch drum. Alternatively a car is balanced by a counterweight moving along the track in the opposite direction, quite similar to an...

set by the same amount. For braking, the locomotives were originally equipped with a steam brake and counterweight brake. In addition the locomotives...

train forward. Counterweight launch mechanisms are used on some shuttle loops. The trains are launched by dropping a large counterweight attached to a...

purposes two sets of brakes are used at the engine room: the emergency brake directly grips the bullwheel, and the service brake is mounted at the high...

was braked using a counterweight brake, supplemented by a counter-steam brake. The locomotives had the reel for the Heberlein brake as a train brake. The...

quantities for the British. The 17-pounder required a counterweight fitted behind the muzzle brake on its long barrel. This gave the Achilles a distinctive...

locomotives were factory-fitted with a Westinghouse air brake, supplemented by a counterweight brake. As special equipment, they were provided with a Latowski-type...

They can be identified by the muzzle brake at the end of the barrel and a counterweight behind the muzzle brake. Post-war the name Achilles has become...

pressure experienced by the pilot. Control horns may also incorporate a counterweight which helps to balance the control and prevent it from fluttering in...