Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1910 — NEW DEVICE IS SUCCESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW DEVICE IS SUCCESS

Prevents Telescoping of Railroad Cars —Apparatus Locks Automatically When Cars Collide. A recent collision in one of the New York tunnels, caused by the dense smoke from a fire, which made it impossible for the motorman of one

train to see the other, afforded the ? first practical test of a new device for preventing the telescoping of cars. This invention consists of two series of large teeth or cogs at the end platform of each car which interlock when the cars come together and prevent them from rising. When the collision occurred the apparatus immediately and automatically Interlocked and the telescoping which might otherwise have occurred was prevented.— Popular Mechanics.

Car Equipped With Non-Telescoping Device.