In rail transport, a retarder is a device installed in a classification yard used to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into trains. == Construction == Each retarder consists of a series of stationary brakes surrounding a short section of each on the track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through friction as they roll through them.
In rail transport, a retarder is a device installed in a classification yard used to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into trains. == Construction == Each retarder consists of a series of stationary brakes surrounding a short section of each on the track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through friction as they roll through them.
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