air brake

The truck driver had air brakes and used them, but not soon enough.

Then he folded his air brakes and started gaining again.

With the air brakes disabled, he dropped to the ground like a rock.

In 1965 they began to be replaced by compressed air brakes.

Around them, everything seemed as it once did: air brakes exhaled.

Larger vehicles often use air brakes and the pressure may be used to drive other systems.

With the adoption of the air brake this practice was abandoned.

I heard a loud hiss of air brakes and looked up.

He is particularly remembered for his role in the development of the compressed air brake.

However he never considered fitting air brakes to the tractor.

Air brakes are usually only used to bring the train to a complete stop at low speeds.

In 1879 all passenger cars were equipped with air brakes.

Therefore it is always used in conjunction with the regular air brake.

With a final sigh of air brakes, the vehicle stopped.

"He'll use the air brakes when we hit the woods.

It is also a valve used in air brake systems on heavy trucks.

He patented a safer air brake on March 5, 1872.

"They didn't have many questions on air brakes," he complained.

With a hiss of air brakes, the truck ground to a halt.

The buses use air brakes and hold over 200 gallons of diesel.

All at once he recalled his companion's questions about the air brake pipes the night before.

George Westinghouse first developed air brakes for use in railway service.

Only those whose air brakes were commissioned could haul the new coaches.

As the 109 blew up, I throttled back and hit my air brakes.

With a hiss of relief loud an air brake, he was through and back on the road again.