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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE & WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANT
NORTHEUN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY
WEST JERSEY & SEASHORE RAELBOAD COMPANY
SHEET No 1212
TEST DEPARTMENT
....BRAKE TESZSEVJANASRR
.. A LTOONA, PA.8:22.93
SRE
7557%
SPEED -MILES PER HOUR
SILE
Ith
12
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Fig. 138.
SINGLE CAR BREAKAWAY STOPS.
CHARACTERISTIC CURVE.
Emergency stops from 60 m.p.h. with the No. 3 clasp brake and electro-pneumatic equipment. The stop at
150 per cent braking power was made in 853 feet. When 90 per cent, braking power was used the stop
was 1192 feet.