. Electric railway journal . Toronto Interurban Dispatching—Motorman ReceivingOrders by Telephone train movements is made by needles operated by clockwork, each block having its own perforating needle. Thus,as a car enters the first block the corresponding needle pro-ceeds to mark the sheet. When the car enters the nextblock the corresponding needle is set in operation while June 12, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. the first one stops. Consequently the dispatcher is providedwith an automatic and undisputed record of the car move-ments throughout the section under his care. It will benoted tha
. Electric railway journal . Toronto Interurban Dispatching—Motorman ReceivingOrders by Telephone train movements is made by needles operated by clockwork, each block having its own perforating needle. Thus,as a car enters the first block the corresponding needle pro-ceeds to mark the sheet. When the car enters the nextblock the corresponding needle is set in operation while June 12, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. the first one stops. Consequently the dispatcher is providedwith an automatic and undisputed record of the car move-ments throughout the section under his care. It will benoted that some of the lines on the record-sheet overlap,thereby making it appear as if two trains were runningin the block at the same time. This is not the case, how-ever, as this is only the local circuit in the office, which is. Toronto Interurban Dispatching—Record of all TrainMovements controlled by the dispatcher. The overlap is explained bythe fact that when the first motorman reports at the siding,his time ceases at that switch and appears in the next blockuntil the opposing motorman meets him. It will be notedin one case where two cars meet at Long Branch that theeastbound car reported three minutes ahead of the west-bound car, thus causing between Long Branch and Asylumswitch an overlap of three minutes. This shows the timethat the eastbound car had to wait at the siding for thewestbound car. Other overlaps may be explained in likemanner. The instruments which make the station records receivecurrent through auxiliary home and distant third-rails atthe ends of every block on the line. It will be noted fromthe wiring diagram that a separate signal wire runs fromthe dispatchers office to these third-rails, which are simplystrap-iron contacts 40 ft. long. Connection to the carsignal circuit is obtained t
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