Talk:Railway brake
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An earlier brake failure and runnaway accident occurred on the LNWR line to Holyhead?. Can anyone remember which?
Syd1435 01:37, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)
Clarified the reason for the low pressure on vacuum systems (max pressure is atmospheric)
Syonyk, 2006 Jun 20
[edit] Armagh
I am a little unhappy about the reference to Armagh. In that accident, a portion of a train was left without a locomotive and without the handbrakes (parking brakes) being applied. The vehicles had an automatic brake system which leaked off. Surely a better illustration would be where a train was running with a simple brake system, and the train divided and the entire train was left without brakes?
Afterbrunel 11:14, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Electropneumatic brakes
I don't think it's cost that prevents the use of EP brakes on goods trains. Rather that the increments between the 7 stages of braking would be too large for a heavy train and might cause wheel-locking. Biscuittin (talk) 10:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
