FOOL-PROOF RAILWAY.
« HUMAN ERROR .SAID TO BE ELIMINATED. ("Tim«"-Sydney "Sun" Special Cable.) LONDON, November 12. A system of audible signalling lias been nutallod betwcea Paddington and Reading stations. Tho driver receives notification of tho position of tho signals. If everything is all right a bell rings in the engine cab, and if the signals are at danger the irhistle blows, and the brakes are applied automatically. If tho apparatus fails in any particular another distinct signal warns the driver. Tho system will gradually be extended throughout tho Great Western Railway.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14823, 14 November 1913, Page 14
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