Locomotive Engine Running and Management

by Angus Sinclair

FIRST ROADS THAT ADOPTED THE WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE.

The first five sets of the Westinghouse brake fittings made were got out in the shops belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Altoona, Penn. The first railroads to adopt the brake as a regular part of their equipment, were the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, the Union Pacific, the Chicago and North-Western, and the Michigan Central Railroads.

Since the Westinghouse atmospheric brake was first tried, many changes in details have been made, and numerous improvements have been effected; but the essential points remain the same. And the best forms of brakes subsequently got out by other inventors are founded on the Westinghouse idea, just as much as the numerous types of locomotives follow the design of Stephenson’s Rocket.