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Electric Signals to Lessen Railroad Disasters

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 29, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 5.

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Electric Signals to Lessen Railroad Disasters

THE Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway has adopted a system of electric signals which is expected to materially lessen railroad disasters. By this system the road is divided into blocks, and whenever two trains are inside the same block a red light shows in the cab of the locomotive. As long as the track is clear, the light shows white.