Posted by Jock on January 12, 2012 at 23:38:25 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Great Aunt posted by Peter Ceresole on January 11, 2012 at 12:45:03:
Brits used vacuum actuated brakes...
And the vacuum was produced by a steam ejector, rather than a pump. So no continental style 'panting'.
The exception was the GWR which used a crosshead driven pump instead of a small ejector, but because
this worked in time with the cylinder and coupling rod there was no discernible extra noise.