. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . d relay are all contained ina neat oak cabinet, which can be placed on the dispatch-ers table. (Figs 14 and 15.) The selector keys are arranged in a row across thefront of the box and above each key is placed a smallholder in which designation cards with the name of theassociated station or any other information can be in-serted. Fig. 15 is a view of the cabinet with the hinged frontopened, the top and front strip above the keys removedto expose the working parts. This view gives a goodidea of the equipment arrangement. The dispatcher is
. Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy . d relay are all contained ina neat oak cabinet, which can be placed on the dispatch-ers table. (Figs 14 and 15.) The selector keys are arranged in a row across thefront of the box and above each key is placed a smallholder in which designation cards with the name of theassociated station or any other information can be in-serted. Fig. 15 is a view of the cabinet with the hinged frontopened, the top and front strip above the keys removedto expose the working parts. This view gives a goodidea of the equipment arrangement. The dispatcher is provided with a breast plate trans-mitter and head band receiver (Fig. 19), so as to permitthe free use of his hands for writing, operating the se-lector or any other work he may have. He is expected tohave his receiver on !ls head at all times, when on transmitter cut-out key is provided, inclosed in a suit- STATION WORK AND TELEGRAPHY 597 able box for mounting in a convenient location on thedispatchers desk. (Fig. 20.) This key is for the use. ^\ Fig. 19. of the dispatcher in cutting out his transmitter circuitwhile receiving, thus eliminating any noises that his trans-mitter might pick up. 598 TELEPHONES IN RAILROAD WORK If for any reason the dispatcher takes his receiver fromhis head he can be signalled, as a hand generator is fur-nished at each sub-station and a bell is bridged acrossthe two line wires at the dispatchers desk. In Fig. 21this bell is shown.
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