Increased Safety For Rail Travellers
EXTENDING AUTOMATIC CONTROL (British Official Wireless.) Received Tuesday, 7.30 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. JS. Included in the programme of railway reconstruction estimated to cost about £30,000,000, tho Government approval for which was recently announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is a scheme for the installation over an additional 520 miles of the Great Eastern track of the automatic trail, control system, which is working successfully on 2000 miles of the company’s main line routes. This will make for increased safety, as the system provides for an audible warning to the driver in his cab of caution signals. Bixtycight more engines will also be fitted with the necessary equipment.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 274, 20 November 1935, Page 4
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113Increased Safety For Rail Travellers Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 274, 20 November 1935, Page 4
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