. Railway age . show aToucey & Buchanan eight-lever interlocking machine, which untila few months ago was in service on the New York Central atBatavia, N. Y. We do not know the exact date that this machinewas built, but the first one of the kind was put up at Spuyten DuyvUIn 1874 or 1875. Other designs came into use within a few yearsthereafter. The Batavia machine has now been superseded by a50-Iever all-electric interlocking machine, made by the Cnlon Switch& Signal Company. The old machine after being taken out wasset up In the store-room and photograi)hed, as here shown. The Toucey & Bucha
. Railway age . show aToucey & Buchanan eight-lever interlocking machine, which untila few months ago was in service on the New York Central atBatavia, N. Y. We do not know the exact date that this machinewas built, but the first one of the kind was put up at Spuyten DuyvUIn 1874 or 1875. Other designs came into use within a few yearsthereafter. The Batavia machine has now been superseded by a50-Iever all-electric interlocking machine, made by the Cnlon Switch& Signal Company. The old machine after being taken out wasset up In the store-room and photograi)hed, as here shown. The Toucey & Buchanan interlocking was described in theRailroad Gazette of October IG, 1875. The unlocking of the leverwas done by pressure of the signalmans foot; the downward move-ment of the treadle tilted the flop, thus locking or unlocking theproper dog or dogs. The connection between the treadle and theflop is shown at a, a. Fig. 2. The cranks connecting the leverswith the locking bars are shown at a, o. Fig. Toucey & Buchanan Interlocking M M II c al Ualaiia, S. > ., atwkt thirty yioit. 734 THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. Vol. XLIV., No. 22. The New Union Station of the New Orleans Terminal Company. Worl: on the now union Ktatlon at Ni-w Orleans, La., of the NewOrleans Terminal Company, whkh was begun about the flr»t , 1907, Is now about completed. The terminal Is being built forthe Frlspo system anil the Southern. Preliminary to Its construrtlona large amount of pro|)erly was acquired, as both the station and thetrack facilities In connection thon-willi-are on ground not previouslyused for railroad purposes. As will be seen from the accompanyingmap of New showing all the railroads and their passengerterminals, the new station tionts on Canal street, the principal busi-ness street of the city, and is quite near the center of the businessdistrict. The site was previously five blocks of avenue, a atilc canying an InHcrlptlon. The main entrance archway is 30
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