Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's dynamometer test car
Date: Bwteen 1950s and 1960s
Level of Description: Item
Material Type: Photograph
Call Number:
ATSF Series 1, #6.157
Unit ID: 60971
Summary: This photograph shows a Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe dynamometer test car with the chronograph recording table and instrument panel with operator at the test and a operator at the window "punching" mile posts and other locations which serve as references on the record. The primary measuring equipment in the car is the drawbar pull instrumentation. W.H. Clark, research engineer electrical, is at the recording table, and Glenn A. Peters, test engineer, at window. Other information recorded is locomotive throttle position, transition, dynamic braking, speed, time, car, travel, locations, air brake information.
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Title (Main title): Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's dynamometer test car
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Index Terms
Subjects
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Electronic apparatus & appliances
Railroad construction & maintenance
Railroad employees
Railroads
Creators and Contributors
ATSF-Specific Terms
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G.A. Peters ( test engineer ); W.H. Clark (electrical research engineer)
