Arrangement for connecting a test device to a railroad car brake control valve device

摘要

The arrangement comprises a control valve device having at least one access port and a corresponding passageway interconnected with a respective one of the brake pipe, the auxiliary reservoir, the emergency reservoir, and the brake cylinder device. A pneumatic receptacle affixed to the railroad car remote from the control valve device for receiving the pneumatic connector head of the test device. A conduit is between the at least one access port and the pneumatic receptacle for establishing fluid pressure communication between the corresponding passageway of the control valve device and the test device without interrupting any one of the brake pipe, auxiliary reservoir, emergency reservoir.