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    A Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO) is a type of railway carriage in the United Kingdom, converted to operate as a control car; this is not to be confused...
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    were converted to Brake Standard Open (Micro-Buffet) (BSOT), and fourteen Mark 2 BSOs were converted to Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO). A number of...
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    (locomotive) Control car (rail) Control stand Push–pull train Driving Brake Standard Open "Class History - AL6 / 86". AC Locomotive Group. Archived from...
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    Post Office Autorail Cab car or Control car (rail) Driving Van Trailer Driving Brake Standard Open Shunter or Switcher Tank locomotive Baggage car Bilevel...
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  • experienced. They were replaced in 1979 by a system in which a Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO), converted from a Mark 2, could control the Class 47/7...
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    Control car (redirect from Driving trailers)
    pair of autocoaches, allowing a maximum of four to be used. A Driving Brake Standard Open or DBSO is a specially converted Mark 2 passenger car. Initially...
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    An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...
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    mechanical brake signal. She did not patent these inventions, however, and received no credit or profit from them. Tail lights and brake lights were...
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  • another driving technique. A left-foot braking technique where the driver will complete the heel-and-toe downshift using standard right-foot braking at which...
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    bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...
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    break' (see brake) Band brake Bicycle brake systems Brake-by-wire (or electromechanical braking) Brake bleeding Brake lining Brake tester Brake wear indicator...
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    well. Examples of British passenger brake vans include: Brake Gangwayed Brake Standard Open Brake Standard Open (Micro-Buffet) In the UK, converted British...
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    to open layout. Trailer 728 (brake Standard) was rebuilt in 1976 from MPD driving trailer 534. In 1977, 701 and 703 were rebuilt as Driving Brake Standard...
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    A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc (sometimes called a [brake] rotor) to create friction. There...
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    autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in the EU, agreements between carmakers and safety officials to make crash avoidance systems eventually standard, such as in...
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    them on the return journey. At the other end of the train was a Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO). DBSO carriages were introduced on the line in 1980 and...
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    company BARS purchased a rake of Mark 2 carriages and several Driving Brake Standard Opens. Infrastructure owner Network Rail worked closely with DCR on...
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    A railway brake is a type of brake used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration (downhill) or to keep them immobile...
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    British Rail Class 86 (category Standard-gauge locomotives of Great Britain)
    in push-pull mode with Mk 2E and Mk 2F coaching stock and a Driving Brake Standard Open, which removed the need for the locomotive to swap ends at the...
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    Anglia Railways inherited a fleet of Class 86s, Mark 2 carriages, Driving Brake Standard Opens, Class 150s and Class 153s from British Rail. As part of the...
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    D6732 BR 56062 Class 101/2 DMU: Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory built 1957 BR 50479 Class 104 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1957 BR 79960 four-wheel...
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    Experiments have been conducted on self-driving cars since 1939; promising trials took place in the 1950s and work has proceeded since then. The first...
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    brake applies considerably more braking force than the standard full-service brake. The engine driver or motorman will only use the emergency brake as...
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    brake composites and open seconds. The brake composites in each set had the lavatory sealed off and the gangway at the brake end removed. A driving end...
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    mirror(s) 43 – modified driving seats 44 – modifications to motorcycles 44 (1) – single operated brake 44 (2) – (adjusted) hand-operated brake (front wheel) 44...
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    with through electric trains reaching Norwich by 1987. Mark 2 Driving Brake Standard Opens were cascaded from Scotland in the early 90s, so that trains...
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    Driving) Auckland Transport carriages have a driving cab to allow push-pull SA/SD trains, similar to British Rail Mark 2 Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO)...
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    variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on...
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    car for track day driving. For protection against roll-over crashes, a deployable roll-over protection system is included as standard. The optional audio...
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  • on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. "BR 55028 Class 121 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1960". cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org. Archived from the...
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