. Electric railway journal . tus,comprising thirty-two automatic signals to be installed onthe 6-mile, four-track section between West Farms andNew York City and Mount Vernon, N. Y.; eight auto-matic signals on the 2-mile, double-track section betweenMount Vernon and New Rochelle, and twenty-four auto-matic signals on the 8^2-mile, double-track section betweenMount Vernon and White Plains. The signals will beinstalled to permit of a 254-minute headway at the maxi-mum speed of express trains. Energy for the operationof the system will be supplied at no volts, 60 cycles. Theinterlocking apparatu

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. Electric railway journal . tus,comprising thirty-two automatic signals to be installed onthe 6-mile, four-track section between West Farms andNew York City and Mount Vernon, N. Y.; eight auto-matic signals on the 2-mile, double-track section betweenMount Vernon and New Rochelle, and twenty-four auto-matic signals on the 8^2-mile, double-track section betweenMount Vernon and White Plains. The signals will beinstalled to permit of a 254-minute headway at the maxi-mum speed of express trains. Energy for the operationof the system will be supplied at no volts, 60 cycles. Theinterlocking apparatus, consisting of six plants, is of theUnion F style. The plants will be operated from no-volt storage battery energy, derived from motor-generatorsets placed in the lower floors of the tower buildings. Thesignal and telephone work will be installed according toplans and specifications prepared by the signal departmentof the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway underthe direction of John Roberts, signal engineer. vjfiLt.

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