. Railway age . The ubt of automatic stops neceitsilates special equipment oneach engine traversing the line where the stops are Installed. ThisIS a radical Innovation and involve* questionb which must be con-sidered with great care. There are two principal methods of com-munication with the engine, namely, by mechanical trips and byelectrical contacts. The relative desirability and reliability of tbes«methodH : one of the (IrKt questions to be settled. Inkier this beadit will bt- desirable to luvt-tiiigale certain cab-signal iiifiUllatioDS InEurope, kome of which are of ten years standing.
. Railway age . The ubt of automatic stops neceitsilates special equipment oneach engine traversing the line where the stops are Installed. ThisIS a radical Innovation and involve* questionb which must be con-sidered with great care. There are two principal methods of com-munication with the engine, namely, by mechanical trips and byelectrical contacts. The relative desirability and reliability of tbes«methodH : one of the (IrKt questions to be settled. Inkier this beadit will bt- desirable to luvt-tiiigale certain cab-signal iiifiUllatioDS InEurope, kome of which are of ten years standing. Cab signals arenot automatic train stops, but they use either the merhanical trtpor electrical contact In the same way that an automatic stop woulduse it. hence the ne«d of learning the lesson of this European experi-ence through a visit by a meml>er of the t>oard or some other com-petent person to England and France. Lp to date the board has examined descriptions of 495 devicesor systems; 245 of this n
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