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The Pennsylvania Railroad : Brake and Train Air Signal: Instructions. No. 99-B-1

The Pennsylvania Railroad, Altoona, PA, 1928

Original publisher's brown wrapper. 4 3/4" x 7." Sixty-four pages, complete. Four fold-out leaves containing ten Figures (diagrams) in the back, complete. Each fold-out leaf opens out to approximately 36" x 7." Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Front cover has a few wrinkles and a few small marks. Back cover has small handwriting on the back. There are tipped-in portions of text that appear to be original as they are revisions to past instructions, rules, and the like. An overall handling guide to using the brakes and air signals of a train. Instructions include the following topics among others: "Air Gauges," "Signals--Engine Whistle," "Signals--Communicating," "To Make up a Train--Passenger," "Charging the Brake System," "Freight Service," "Arriving Train," "Departing Train," "When to Make Terminal Test," "Hand Brakes," "Air Compressors," "Emergency Application," "Inspection and Maintenance of Brake and Signal Equipment," "Duties of Inspectors and Repairmen," and "Locomotive Equipment." The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR; also "Pennsy") was established in 1846. By 1882, the railroad had the most traffic and revenue out of any railroad or transportation company and still holds the record for having the longest continuous dividend history. Beginning in the 1960s, the Pennsylvania Railroad underwent several mergers and splits. Part of the Pennsylvania Railroad exists today as Amtrak.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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