TY - JOUR
AU1 - Marié, M. George
AU2 - 
AB - APRIL 1879. ON RECENT BRAEE EXPERIMENTS UPON THE LYONS RAILWAY. BY M. GEORGE MARIG, OF PARIB. I. PARTICULARS OF APPARATUS. The Paris and Lyons Railway has lately experimentedon two trains, one fitted with the Westinghouse brake, and one with the Smith Vacuum brake. Both trains were alike, and were composed 8s follows :- Load per Total Axles. Vehicle. axle. load. I I ~- lbs. lbs. 1 engine, 4 axles (in 2 driving axles, together ............ working order) ...... 2 loose axles do. ............ .................. 2nd axle, without brake ............... working order) ...... 3rd axle, with brake .................. 25 ~~iages (empty) .................. 2nd axle, without brake ............ 3 axles ............... 3rd axle, with brake .................. 7,276 ______ 1st axle, with brake .................. Same carriages(*oaded) 2nd axle, without brake.. ............. 3 axles ............... 3rd axle, with brake .................. The engine ie not fitted with any brake, except the “Le Chatelier ” counterpressure apparatus. This apparatus,* as improved by the chief engineer, M. Marik, has worked excellently for flteen years, in daily use, both in all stops at stations, and also on long inclines. Some remarks will be made hereafter on the power of the counterpressure apparatus compared with 8 brake on 
TI - On Recent Brake Experiments upon the Lyons Railway
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
DO - 10.1243/pime_proc_1879_030_012_02
DA - 1879-06-01
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