INVISIBLE RAY
CLAIMED TO WORK MARVELS. IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS. (tinned Press Association. —By Electric Jr Telegraph.—Copyiighfc ' (Received this day at 10 a.in.) LONDON, November 0. British railway officials are investigating a new system which it is claimed would make accidents almost impossible by eliminating the human element. It is stated the adaption of an invisible ray which has been used with uncanny success as a burglar alarm, has achieved this. Chiel railway officials witnessed a numhei of demonstrations on model tracks. I hey saw trains stopped by a ray iron) the permanent way, causing the application of brakes. Furthermore, headlights were lit and extinguished as the trains entered and left tunnels. One olf the chief attractions is that the ray penetrated ice, fog and snow. For electrified lines the beam does the additional work of cutting oil the current automatically and releasing if when the line is clear ahead. It is stated the system is economic and cheap to instal. The necessary power can be. obtained from a single wire along existing poles.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1928, Page 5
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173INVISIBLE RAY Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1928, Page 5
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