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Tell me how?

What makes a train’s brakes work?

Brakes help in stopping a train and you
may be surprised to know that air makes
a train’s brakes work. This air is put
under pressure so it is called Compressed
Air. Air flows into the brake lever and

presses against the brake cylinders, when
the engineer pulls the brake. The brake
cylinders move the brake shoe into place to
slowdown or stop the wheels from turning.

The engineer takes the brake lever with him. He puts
the lever in place when he sits down in the driver’s seat.
He removes it and takes it with him when he is finished
driving.

Brake System

The compressed air pushes
against the piston, when it is Disk Brake System
transferred to the cylinder. The wheels will get hot and may be damaged if
The motion of the piston is this system’s brake shoes are pressed directly
transferred by levers, which against the wheels. So a disk is attached to the
presses the brake shoe against axle, and the brake shoe presses against the
the wheel to stop it. disk instead of pressing against the wheel.

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