A counterweight brake (German: Wurfhebelbremse) is an early form of hand brake on railway tenders and tank locomotives. By throwing a counterweight lever...
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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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(rail) Air brake (road vehicle) Counterweight brake Dead-man's brake Dead-man's vigilance device Hand brake Hydraulic brake Pulled tail Murder of Deborah...
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Fly system (redirect from Counterweight fly system)
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...
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practice. The Görlitz counterweight brake (Görlitzer Gewichtsbremse), a form of cable brake, operates in a similar way to the Heberlein brake, but differs markedly...
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Heusinger (Walschaerts) Loco brake Hildebrand-Knorr automatic Schnellbahnbremse with auxiliary brakes and counterweight brake. Operating on both sides of...
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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...
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as a result the first 10 units were given a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake. Twenty locomotives were destroyed during the Second World War; lightly...
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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...
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to the Prignitz district Kleinbahnen, where they were fitted with Knorr brakes and in conjunction with that an impressive air reservoir on the boiler....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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locomotives originally only had a steam brake as braking equipment, supplemented by a counterweight brake. Westinghouse air brakes were later retrofitted. As special...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems such as a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise...
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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...
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Chairlift (section Braking systems)
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...
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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...
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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...
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set by the same amount. For braking, the locomotives were originally equipped with a steam brake and counterweight brake. In addition the locomotives...
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Launch track (section Counterweight)
train forward. Counterweight launch mechanisms are used on some shuttle loops. The trains are launched by dropping a large counterweight attached to a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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locomotives were factory-fitted with a Westinghouse air brake, supplemented by a counterweight brake. As special equipment, they were provided with a Latowski-type...
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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...
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Flight control surfaces (section Air brakes)
pressure experienced by the pilot. Control horns may also incorporate a counterweight which helps to balance the control and prevent it from fluttering in...
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