angle cock in a sentence

1. The airbrake system aboard the rail cars had angle cocks at each end of each car.
2. The handle of the angle cock had been improperly placed and had contacted the bottom of the car.
3. Conductors discovered a closed " angle cock " ( a shutoff valve ) at the rear of the third car.
4. A routine inspection during the train's stop in New York City, inspectors later said, found the angle cock in the correct, open position.
5. Upon inspection, the angle cock on 8655 was found to be closed and was reopened by the engineer, but, after a locomotive and shift change, the matter was forgotten.
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7. Closing an angle cock at any point along the system keeps the air pressure in the airbrakes high, thereby preventing the engine from reducing the air pressure and activating the braking system.
8. The accident was determined to have been caused by a closed " angle cock ", a valve on the front and rear of all locomotives and rail cars used in the train's airbrake system, on the rear of the third car in the train.
9. After a cut is made between cars in a train and the train is rejoined, in addition to other tests, the crew must verify that the brakes apply and release on the rear car ( to ensure that all of the brake hoses are connected and the angle cocks, or valves, are opened ).
10. But an after-accident investigation by the ICC revealed that the handle of the angle cock at the rear of the third coach was not in the correct position, as a design flaw on New Haven coach # 8665 allowed the handle of the angle cock valve to come into contact with the car frame, causing the valve to close.
11. But an after-accident investigation by the ICC revealed that the handle of the angle cock at the rear of the third coach was not in the correct position, as a design flaw on New Haven coach # 8665 allowed the handle of the angle cock valve to come into contact with the car frame, causing the valve to close.
12. An investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission discovered a design flaw on a style of passenger car used by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in which the handle of an angle cock, a valve used to close the brake pipe when the car is the last one in the train, came into contact with a bottom crossmember of the Kingston, Rhode Island, because the brakes on the final two cars were " sticking " and could not be released from the locomotive.