SAFER TRAIN TRAVELLING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14017, 25 June 1913, Page 8

SAFER TRAIN TRAVELLING.

FRENCH EXPERIMENTS. 4 Al. Clavcillc, director of the (-Tench State railways, is studying experiments demonstrating the working of four different inventions intended to reduce the uUmbCr of railway accidents. Whilst no technical details have as yclgljecn given out it is interesting to record the manner in which the inventors claim they will he able to minimise the number of railway accidents in tlic future. . According to Al. Clavcillc. many railway accidents arc owing to the engiiicdrivcrs of express trains not being able to read signals owing, to the rate at which the trains - pass-rtbe- sigaalsTT-and~thfe--vario.ua apparatus how instiled iu about 460 signal boxes oti the State linos selected for their heavy traffic ;arp .guaranteed automatically to call the attention of driversby a sharp .whistle -ott. -passing •■th’c•.•signals at the same time registering oh the engine Whatever indication has been signalled. The invention consists of a species: of “pedal” placed at the foot of the signal and though the mechanical differences of the four; kinds of apparatus have not yet been divulged they can be classed as clqptrfc and mechanical. Tlic results obtained from the experiments now going on will decide M. Clavcillc ast o flic particular system he will advise the Government to adopt. Tlic cost of the installation, will run into several hundreds of thousands of pounds, but this is considered a trifle if grcStcr security Th railway travelling can be obtained.