Logan Republican | 1903-11-11 | Page 5 | Time of Stopping a Train

Time of Stopping a Train. At a recent convention of alrbrako men an Interesting report was presented present-ed showing how tho distance required for the stopping of trains had been reduced by the now high-speed brake. A train running eighty mllca an hour waB stopped In 2.240 feet by tho highspeed high-speed brake at 110 pounds, whero ordinary or-dinary pressure of seventy pounds took exactly half a mile to bring It to a stand. Other train speeds and reductions re-ductions in stopping distances wcro these: Fifty miles an hour, from 810 to 700 feet; fifty-five miles, 1,030 feet; slxty-fivo miles, 1,035 to 1,300 feet; seventy miles, 2,010 to 1,530 feet; seventy-five miles, 2,295 to 1,840 feet.