Retarder (railroad)
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In rail transport, a retarder is a device installed in a classification yard used to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into trains.
Construction
Each retarder consists of a series of stationary brakes surrounding a short section of each rail on the track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through friction as they roll through them.[1]
Computer control
Modern retarders are computer controlled to apply a precise amount of pressure on the wheels so that cars rolling down a yard's hump are slowed to a safe speed for coupling with cars already standing on the yard's tracks.[2]
Inert retarder
An inert retarder holds a cut of classified railcars to keep them from rolling out of a yard.[3]
See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, D.C. (1983). "Definitions: Inert retarder." Railroad Noise Emission Compliance Regulations. Code of Federal Regulations, 49 C.F.R. 210.5.
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