AN AUSTRALIAN INVENTION
TO PREVENT RAILWAY COLLISIONS,
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. '• Received 18, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, December 18.
Many public men, including railway officials, yesterday witnessed a successful trial of an electric invention by Arthur Angus for the prevention of railway collisions. It consists of fitting the engines with an electric generator. The locomotive is adapted to make a contact with certain appliances near the rails at the ends of sections into which the line is divided, and this closes the section absolutely when once the train enters, or' indicates that the section is clear. Two trains cannot be on the same section together. If one is in the section and another is approaching, steam is automatically shut off, and the brakes applied.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 214, 19 December 1910, Page 5
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122AN AUSTRALIAN INVENTION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 214, 19 December 1910, Page 5
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