. Electric railway journal . ANTI-CLIMBER AND GATEREINFORCEMENT. LINDALLS SAFETY GATE WITH CHANNELS, CHAINWELL AT RIGHT LINDALLS SAFETY GATE BENT UNDER THE IMPACTOF THE CAR included the installation of a trolley switch actuatedfrom the drawtenders cabin and designed to cut off thecurrent supply whenever the draw is open; a motor-driven girder designed to interpose a solid barrier when-ever a gate is closed; increasing the distance betweenthe edge of the draw from present low limits of 15 ft. top of the well. When a car strikes the gate, the lattermay bend as it receives the impact of the bumpe
. Electric railway journal . ANTI-CLIMBER AND GATEREINFORCEMENT. LINDALLS SAFETY GATE WITH CHANNELS, CHAINWELL AT RIGHT LINDALLS SAFETY GATE BENT UNDER THE IMPACTOF THE CAR included the installation of a trolley switch actuatedfrom the drawtenders cabin and designed to cut off thecurrent supply whenever the draw is open; a motor-driven girder designed to interpose a solid barrier when-ever a gate is closed; increasing the distance betweenthe edge of the draw from present low limits of 15 ft. top of the well. When a car strikes the gate, the lattermay bend as it receives the impact of the bumper, butif the car pushes the gate outward, shearing off thebolts in succession from the bottom of the well upward,the car will be brought to a gradual stop through theshock absorption thus secured. November 25, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1103 Mr. Brush said that this stop had been designed byMr. Lindall since the Fort Point channel accident andthat the company has every reason to believe it willprove practical. Another gradual stop, a counter-weighted flexi
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