[PRCo] Re: The final brake

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

Yes, thanks
Robert Rockwell
w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Schneider<mailto:fwschneider at comcast.net> 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
  Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:46 PM
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: The final brake


  Corrected copy
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  > Sufficient answer?
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  > On Sep 1, 2007, at 5:55 PM, ROBERT R ROCKWELL wrote:
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  >> So, in the case of a complete  power failure on an ALL electric
  >> car,  which is the last resort ? A motor drum brake spring loaded
  >> (reduction type brake), or a magnetic track brake fed from 32 v
  >> batteries ?
  >> Robert Rockwell
  >> w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com%3Cmailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>>
  >>   ----- Original Message -----
  >>   From: Boris Cefer<mailto:westinghouse at iol.cz<mailto:westinghouse at iol.cz>>
  >>   To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org%3Cmailto:pittsburgh>-
  >> railways at dementia.org<mailto:railways at dementia.org>>
  >>>>> followed by a mechanic brake,
  >>   wheel tread brakes operated by air on earlier PCCs or motor drum
  >> brakes controlled electrically on most postwar cars.
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