page_title: Brake shoe
section_title: Brake shoe for railroad cars
hierarchical_section_title: Brake shoe / Brake shoe for railroad cars
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hemmschuh an einem Waggon vor dem ehemaligen Bahnhof von Schapen, gegenüber von Schäfers Ruh’ in Braunschweig.
context_page_description: A brake shoe is the part of a braking system which carries the brake lining in the drum brakes used on automobiles, or the brake block in train brakes and bicycle brakes. A device that is put on a track to slow down railroad cars is also called brake shoe.
context_section_description: A brake shoe can be put on the track to stop a moving car. The wheel rolls up to the tongue and then the brake shoe glides with the car on the track until it stops. They are also called rail skids or rail skates.
caption: Brake shoe for railroad cars
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