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башма́чник

yard brakeman

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Cars are arranged as married pairs, where each car contains a complete set of controls for an engineer, conductor, or brakeman. en.wikipedia.org

To further increase the mechanical advantage, a pulley block was fitted to the lever and the brakeman used this to apply the brake. en.wikipedia.org

He was a brakeman and telegraph operator who just so happened to like singing. en.wikipedia.org

However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. en.wikipedia.org

The hand brake was housed in a separate brakeman's cabin at one end of the coach. en.wikipedia.org

Each car is also attached to a twin-steel cable rope, which is operated by a brakeman at the top station. en.wikipedia.org

A brakeman at the upper terminal controlled the rate of descent, squeezing the cable with a grip brake. en.wikipedia.org

The brakeman can be seen riding between the first and second cars. en.wikipedia.org

When the brakeman was assured that the waggons had completed the full traverse of the plane, he stopped them by fully applying the brake. en.wikipedia.org

Freight trains required a third crewman, a brakeman to also handle switching and signaling. en.wikipedia.org

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