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Dead Man

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Usually a foot pedal that was pressed by the engineer. When pressure on the pedal was released, the train brakes were automatically applied. This was to detect sleeping or dead engineers.

 

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AAR
AB Valve
ABD Valve
ABDW Valve
Absolute Block
Absolute Permissi...
Absolute Signal
Add
Adhesion Coeffici...
AEI Tag
Air Brake System
Air Test
Alley
Angle Cock
APE
Application
Approach Signal
Armed
Articulated [Mall...ARU
Automatic Block S...
Automatic Brakes
Automatic Cab Sig...Automatic Stop Arm
Automatic Train S...Auxiliary Reservo...


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