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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 300, 13 September 1921, Page 4

Two new devices for inojeasing the safety of railway travel have lately been introduced on British railways. One is for uso in fogs on sections of line where automatic cab-signalling is not installed. It frequently happened that fogs descended so suddenly that the mon who were detailed to put detonators on tho line could . not arrive in time to avoid danger. To meet the situation repeater signals are now used. They are placed on short posts close to the line, and the lamps aro switched on by the signal men in the cabins when the fog comes on. This device is adapted for electric railways. The second invention referred to is an anti-telescoping dbvice for railway carriages. It is well known that the heaviest loss of life in railway collisions occurs through the tendency of one carriage to mount and crash through the light woodwork of another. A British railway company has accordingly introduced special buffers, and in addition shock-absorbing corrugated fenders. These fenders have projecting teeth, which fit into each other ,whon the carriages are forced together. It is hoped that in this way the alignment of the carriages will be maintained when a collision occurs.