SAFETY AT RAIL CROSSINGS.
Thren railway companies in the United States Mid.Hi- \Vc-.t are eo-oporatinrr in an clVi.n Iμ protect from thenifcelvi** drivers who i!v in "heat i ! n- train." Edward Baiischbacli. iif Madistm, W'i-.MM|.-in, luis invented a device wlii'h cimip-Iri pars to stop ijeiitly and safely. ThU invontii'il of a pair of wirc-ropc inn , on cai-li uf tin , crn s i*in - ». Xnrinally held iildft mi a s-ii-el frame sjiannins iln- in,id. tin- L'-Hc drops into place when icli-ascd liy an clopfric i-nntrnl. 'Flip jr;\te is atfiu'licd in n si'rii's of springs s<>t Tinderjirniind nil eillier side of tin , road. The pj>rinps are cin-limi'd in jiipi'f* partly filleil with oil and arc of prii»nv<,ivcly heavier wciplit. When tin- car the lloxible jjate tho light springs frhe lir-i. iniiiiiiii-iinr tin , impart until heavier springs coine into play, fiixliinninp tho cur to a jrradual si,,p. 'i-] u . inventor (says "Xe« s-Kt'v iew") claims that t!:<M-e is no ropoil. :is the riprin.' pull is enoiijrh to return the iriito to norma] position across the road when tho car is hackwl up.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1937, Page 6
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178SAFETY AT RAIL CROSSINGS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1937, Page 6
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