. Electric railway review . Device to Prevent Derailment of Trains—Side Elevation andTransverse Sectional View of Guard Rails. called attention to the disastrous effects which would probablyresult should one of the trains in the New York subway be de-railed on a curve at high speed. The thought of what the result of such a derailment would behas led to the designing and invention of the number of deviceswhich would prevent the trains from being completely demolishedand from tearing down the columns of the subway which supportthe roof above. There is presented herewith a transverse cross sectio
. Electric railway review . Device to Prevent Derailment of Trains—Side Elevation andTransverse Sectional View of Guard Rails. called attention to the disastrous effects which would probablyresult should one of the trains in the New York subway be de-railed on a curve at high speed. The thought of what the result of such a derailment would behas led to the designing and invention of the number of deviceswhich would prevent the trains from being completely demolishedand from tearing down the columns of the subway which supportthe roof above. There is presented herewith a transverse cross section of theVan Dorn patent guard rail, manufactured by the W. T. VanDorn Company, 1074 Paulina street. Chicago, which, it is stated bythe inventor, will absolutely prevent the derailment of trains andriding of curves at ii t speed with perfect safety. As It will be seen by the illustration, the invention consists hi; ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVII, No. 13. of T-rails which are inverted and supported by a heavy iron bracke
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