Train Brake

In order to stop or slow down, trains need a lot of braking force. For this reason each individual vehicle in a train is equipped with brakes, able to apply them almost simultaneously. Synchronous operation of all vehicles' brakes from a single vehicle, usually the leading locomotive, is accomplished by the compressed air mechanical brake system, simply called the train brake .

Each rail vehicle has an air line hose on either end. When vehicles are coupled together, their air lines are connected too. The air lines serve to propagate air pumped by motorized vehicles , which is used to control the train's brakes.

Train brake is a system of brake shoes and pressurized air vessels running through an entire train, designed to control slowing down or stopping it, as if it were a single vehicle .

Train brake is operated by a control device, usually a lever, found on most motorized rail vehicles. If a train has multiple motorized rail vehicles , the one that has its brake the most applied will dominate.