brake coupling

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• Coupling (railway) by country — generally list the main national system and exclude minor narrow gauge or industrial lines of short length. Modern EMU or DMU passenger vehicles are also excluded. Current couplings are not necessarily the same as historic couplings. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• brake|man — «BRAYK muhn», noun, plural men. a man who helps the engineer or conductor of a railroad train usually by coupling and uncoupling cars and by working the brake when a car is rolling free; trainman. Also, British, brakesman. ╂[American English < …   Useful english dictionary

• Coupling (railway) — Knuckle (AAR Type E ) couplers in use ICE coupler A c …   Wikipedia

• brake — brake1 brakeless, adj. /brayk/, n., v., braked, braking. n. 1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction. 2. brakes, the drums, shoes …   Universalium

• Fluid coupling — A fluid coupling is a hydrodynamic device used to transmit rotating mechanical power. It has been used in automobile transmissions as an alternative to a mechanical clutch. It also has widespread application in marine and industrial machine… …   Wikipedia

• Disc brake — Close up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located with …   Wikipedia

• Drum brake — A drum brake with the drum removed as used on the rear wheel of a car or truck. Note that in this installation, a cable operated parking brake uses the service shoes …   Wikipedia

• Vacuum brake — The vacuum brake is a braking system used on trains. It was first introduced in the mid 1860s and a variant, the automatic vacuum brake system became almost universal in British train equipment, and in those countries influenced by British… …   Wikipedia

• Westinghouse Air Brake Company — cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title = Welcome to Saskrailmuseum.org work = Contact Us publisher = date = September 11, 2008 url = http://www.saskrailmuseum.org/ format = doi = accessdate =2008 10 03 ] The air brake was invented …   Wikipedia

• Norwegian coupling — fitted to an ex WDLR Alco from the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway …   Wikipedia

• Friction coupling — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English