On one of the chief British railways nearly all the locomotives are fitted, with an automatic device to wnm the driver when the “home” or "distant” signals are against him. A crank is placed between the two sets of rails, and when the signals are not down it comes into contact with a lever on the engine, sounding the whistle o.nd opening a small cock on. the train pipe, thus putting on the brake. This mechanism is expected to raise still higher the standard of safety achieved in British railway operation. There Is a common saying that "the safest place in the world is iwirfde a British express poestnger train."
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 5
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110Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 5
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