RAILWAY DISASTERS
POSSIBILITY OF PREVENTION.
USE OF INVISIBLE RAY,
SYSTEM BEING INVESTIGATED
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph .—Copyright.) (United Service.) Received November 7, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 6. British railway officials are investigating a new system which, it is claimed, will make accidents almost impossible. It is stated that the adoption of an invisible ray, which has been used with uncanny success as a burglar alarm, has achieved this.
The chief railway officials witnessed a number of demonstrations on model trucks. They saw the trains stopped by the ray from the permanent way causing the application of the brakes. Furthermore, the headlights were lit and extinguished as the trains entered and left the tunnels.
One of the chief attractions is that the ray penetrates ice, fog and snow. For electrified lines the beam does the additional work of cutting off the current automatically and releasing it when the line is clear ahead.
It is stated that the system is economic and cheap to instill. The necessary power can be obtained from a single wire along existing poles.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 7
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