1) Automatic air-brake application.
2) The draft timbers and drawbar of a car, when extracted by force. If only the drawbar is pulled out, you say, "We got a lung," but if the draft timbers come with it, you say, "We got the whole damn secret works".
AIR MONKEY"Air-brake repairman
* ALL DARKIE, NO SPARKY"(Hi-Ball on a roll by)
ALLEY"Clear track in railroad yard ...
Air-brake - A braking system in which compressed air is used as the operating medium.
Airbrush - A miniature paint sprayer that that is used by artists and model builders to give a controlled application of paint.
The continuous line of air-brake pipes in a train, formed of pipes on the locomotives and cars and the hoses connecting them.
Trainmen
Umbrella term for conductors, brakemen, yard foremen, and switchmen.
Big Hole
Emergency application of air-brake valve, causing a quick stop.
Big Hook
A wrecking crane.
An extremely common form of air-brake system fitted to railway trains throughout the world, since it is to some extent fail-safe.
 See also: Unit, Standard, Locomotive, Points, Yard
  
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