Show If TRAINMEN RAIN MEN TAUGHT AIR BRAKE USES Westinghouse Demonstration I tion Car in D. D R. R G. G R Railroad Yards Costing more than and co containing containing con con- appliances ranging from the primitive devices of the early seventies seventies seventies seven seven- ties to the most modern automatic types an air brake instruction car be belonging belonging belonging be- be longing to the Westinghouse house Air Brake company is in Salt Lake Engineers and firemen from all local railroads are daily attending classes in the car and receiving practical instruction in the scientific use of ot air The steep grades of the mountainous Western country have been a material factor In the evolution of ot the air brake I. I to experts Only recently the handling of heavy trains with safety in the mountain districts has been made possible by the use of air ex exclusively ex- ex I Air Mr experts and railroad officials declare that causes for the i large number of ot wrecks and accidents I which have occurred in the past pastI i I through insufficient braking power on onI freight trains have been entirely overcome overcome overcome over over- come by modern air appliances I Local engineers ant firemen are re receiving receiving receiving re- re I daily instructions in the use of ofa ofa a a. new air brake with which locomotives locomotives I tives of a number of Western Vestern roads are being equipped The instruction is given free tree of charge by L L. J J. J Gwinn a veteran expert from the Westinghouse company C C. H H. Rawlings general air brake Instructor in instructor instructor In- In of the Denver Rio Grande and reputed to be a national authority on the use of air in railroad braking in mountain regions is traveling over the system with the demonstration car I Mr Rawlings Ra who is a Salt Ut Like man is the author of an an extensive article on the exclusive use of 11 Mi nh it In handling heavy trains in mountain I districts The article will appear shortly in an Eastern periodical |