Current Federal Railroad Administration and previous Transport Canada air brake rules limit train line air flow not to exceed 60 CFM for an entire train, including DP units, with no more than a 15 PSI ...

The air in the section of pipe ahead of the train was exhausted by a steam-driven air pump in an engine house at the Dalkey terminus. With a partial vacuum ahead, the atmospheric pressure behind ...

After a diagnostic check of the train’s equipment was made, it was confirmed there was no problem with the train’s machinery. A conductor’s valve is installed in select train cars as a means to ...

Brake pipe pressure fell to zero only five seconds before the train halted, they said. A reading of zero could result either from a brake application or a severing of the brake pipe during the crash.

Current Federal Railroad Administration and previous Transport Canada air brake rules limit train line air flow not to exceed 60 CFM for an entire train, including DP units, with no more than a 15 PSI ...