. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ath ofthirty-nine passengers and the injury ofeighty-six other passengers and two em-ployees. This conclusion was reached by thechief inspector, H. W. Belnap, in his re-port to the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion. The inspector says a contributingcause of the accident was the failure ofE. G. Lane, the flagman, to use automatic block signals operatedproperly and would have prevented thecollision if they had been obeyed. Inconclusion, Mr. Belnap reported brieflyas follows: As a re
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ath ofthirty-nine passengers and the injury ofeighty-six other passengers and two em-ployees. This conclusion was reached by thechief inspector, H. W. Belnap, in his re-port to the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion. The inspector says a contributingcause of the accident was the failure ofE. G. Lane, the flagman, to use automatic block signals operatedproperly and would have prevented thecollision if they had been obeyed. Inconclusion, Mr. Belnap reported brieflyas follows: As a result of the investigation of thisaccident, the conclusion is confirmed thatthe use of steel cars would materially re-duce the number of fatalities in accidentsof this character. It is also believed thata greater degree of safety would be pro-vided if flagging rules were more explicitand the use of torpedoes were required;and, if automatic block signals were prop-erly overlapped and the speed of fasttrains were reduced in foggy or stormyweather, unless automatic train controldevices were COMBINATION- NO. 150 AUTOMATIC CAR GAINER, NO. 214 VERTICAL HOLLOW CHISEL MORTISER AND NO. 163 CAR BORER WITH 40-INCH TRAVELING CARRIAGE. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. September, 1912. Items of Personal Interest Mr. C. C. Elmes has been appointedmaster mechanic of the Southern Pacificshops at Houston, Tex. Mr. W. M. Thornberry has been ap-pointed general foreman of the IllinoisCentral shops at Clinton, 111. Mr. J. R Sexton has been appointedmechanical superintendent of the SantaFe, with office at La Junta, Colo. Mr. W. L. Davis has been appointedroundhouse foreman on the Santa Fe, atChanute, Kan., in place of Mr. R. , resigned. Mr. John W. Branton has been ap-pointed master mechanic of the Centraliadistrict of the Illinois Central with of-fice at Centralia, 111. Mr. W. H. McDonald has been ap-pointed general foreman of the locomo-tive repair shops on the Florida EastC
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