Use of rheostatic electric brakes in conjunction with standard vacuum controlled proportional air brakes for automatic braking of electric and diesel-electric locomotives; experimental system was developed for cases where rheostatic braking, although never inferior to standard air braking, cannot be used to advantage, if independently applied; experimental system was applied to British Railways 25 kv a-c locomotive to show substantial reduction in brake block wear.
Experimental automatic rheostatic brake scheme
AEI Eng
AEI Engineering ; 4 , n 6
1964
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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