hopper wrote:Can someone tell me what the function of the "brake car" was on British passenger trains. Thanks Hopper
It is the guards (conductors) compartment. It is so named because in the old trains that did not have all carriages fitted with brakes there was a brake wheel in it to put on the brakes of the carriage the compartment was in.The brake was also used to take the slack out of the couplers when going downhill or stopping.
Freight brake vans are cabeese.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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