. Electric railway review . ■A =Z1 Baffer-v JU)**- ^^^ C^CL/nc* ^. Lintern Signal System.—Double-end Car with One Rear Endand Two Classification Signals on Each End. independent of the fluctuations of the trolley voltage andrenders them operative for hours at a time, even if the trolleysupply is shut off altogether. The operation of the systemis clearly shown at the exhibit booth where a complete instal-lation is in operation, showing the method of connection to thecar lighting circuit and the equalizing effect of the auxiliarybattery. Various types of lanterns are used with this system,one of
. Electric railway review . ■A =Z1 Baffer-v JU)**- ^^^ C^CL/nc* ^. Lintern Signal System.—Double-end Car with One Rear Endand Two Classification Signals on Each End. independent of the fluctuations of the trolley voltage andrenders them operative for hours at a time, even if the trolleysupply is shut off altogether. The operation of the systemis clearly shown at the exhibit booth where a complete instal-lation is in operation, showing the method of connection to thecar lighting circuit and the equalizing effect of the auxiliarybattery. Various types of lanterns are used with this system,one of the most popular being the tri-colored combinationlantern shown herewith. All signals are illuniinaled by two-. Lintern Signal System.—Classification Lantern. candle-power incandescent lamps. One illustration shows thamethod of connection for two classiflcation and one rear-end signal on each end of a double-ended car. The locationof the auxiliary battery with reference to the car lightingcircuit and the signal circuit, is clearly shown in this diagram,and it will be readily observed that the battery floats on theline much the same as a storage-battery booster on a rail-way circuit. This display forms part of the exhibit of theCar Equipment Division in charge of Nathan Shute. .lohn N. Akarman, formerly general superintendent PublicService Corporation of New .Jersey, and for nine years gen-eral manager of the Worcester Consolidated Street RailwayCompany, has now gone over to the manufacturers side of thefield, and is attending the convention as the representativeof the National Brake Company, of Buffalo, New York. Recent orders to the J. G. Brill Company of Philadelphiainclude 2094 Mason safet
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