. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er the signal system, trusting there-by to promote interest and discussionand eventually, improved conditions. As bad weather conditions determinethe value of all signals, it seems to meto be a waste of time and money to en-deavor to design and place signals thatcan be seen a mile or more. A densefog, heavy rain or snow storms will re-duce the distance this signal can beseen to a few feet. On the other hand,a signal so designed and located thatit can be easily seen and correctly readin bad we
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er the signal system, trusting there-by to promote interest and discussionand eventually, improved conditions. As bad weather conditions determinethe value of all signals, it seems to meto be a waste of time and money to en-deavor to design and place signals thatcan be seen a mile or more. A densefog, heavy rain or snow storms will re-duce the distance this signal can beseen to a few feet. On the other hand,a signal so designed and located thatit can be easily seen and correctly readin bad weather conditions, will, withoutdoubt, answer in clear weather. Among the most important considera-tions is, of course, location. On roadsthree or more tracks wide, overheadbridges have become necessary, withthe result that signals are too compels the engine crew to givetoo much of their attention to the ob-servance of overhead signals and toneglect other important duties. Thisis particularly the case when on highspeed trains on a stretch of track pro-tected by automatic signals less than. .-^IlXT.^L HOTEL 0.\ Till: G. I. R, RLW FOR .\MERIC.\X pital (I\cd Cross) cars to meet the mili-tary requirements of the Government ofIndia. These are large open cars 62 by 10 ft. wide and those selectedwere temporarily transformed intosleepers after the Pulman style with acenter aisle. Each car had 24 berths andtwo toilet rooms with electric light andfans. All were vestibuled together with and Roosevelt. and as a mascot aTeddy Bear sat complacently on thebumper of each engine used to haul thetrains over the long stretches of Indiasoil. Great satisfaction was expressedvoluntarily by the tourists at the con-siderate arrangements of the Great In-dian Peninsula Railway authorities. W. J. Bell. a mile apart, when running on the in-side tracks; or in open country, whenfamiliar landmarks cannot be seen ordependable marks made. Under above-named conditions there is n
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