. Electric railway journal . wed the circuit breakerto open the primary power circuit, affecting all signalsuntil repairs were made. Another of the interruptionswas brought about by a short-circuited track section,which put one block out of commission for about fourhours. This was caused by a track laborer, who, indriving a staple, so bent it as to cross certain power and Table I—Signal, Operating Record—Scranton & BinghamtonRailway Sep- Oc- Novem- De- Jan- Feb-tember tober ber cember uary ruary1915 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 Signal move-ments 124,429 125,919 129,000 122,399 114,946 Caus
. Electric railway journal . wed the circuit breakerto open the primary power circuit, affecting all signalsuntil repairs were made. Another of the interruptionswas brought about by a short-circuited track section,which put one block out of commission for about fourhours. This was caused by a track laborer, who, indriving a staple, so bent it as to cross certain power and Table I—Signal, Operating Record—Scranton & BinghamtonRailway Sep- Oc- Novem- De- Jan- Feb-tember tober ber cember uary ruary1915 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 Signal move-ments 124,429 125,919 129,000 122,399 114,946 Causes of sig-nal interrup-tions 6 3 0 2 5 4 Signal failures 1 — - Interrupted sig-nal move- ments 217 36 0 9 59 16 Trains o p e r - ated 3,273 3,370 3,168 3,259 Trains delayed 36 14 0 4 12 S Total minutes delay 82 46 0 8 51 26 Signal move-ments per in-terruption . 20,738 41,973 - 61,527 24,479 28,736 Train move-ments per train 91 241 - S19 272 382 390 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 10. SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON SIGNALS—HOME SIGNAL WITHDIRECTION INDICATOR TWO POLES IN ADVANCE track circuit cables. The sixth interruption for themonth was caused by blasting in a quarry near the line,flying stones breaking the 2200-volt signal main andshutting down the signals until the line was coupled up. Results of Bad Rail Conditions During the month of September, also, there appeareda false-clear indication. It was caused by bad trackconditions at a point where the railway runs at one sideof a turnpike. Here, the low rail was covered for somedistance with dirt that evidently had been thrown byan automobile running close beside the rail. This prac-tically insulated one of the rails from the car, prevent-ing shunting, and the block cleared while a train wasstopped on this section of rail. The improper action ofone of the signals was reported by the motorman, butas a matter of fact passing cars cleared the rail of mostof the dirt and corrected the condition, the t
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