Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1911 — PROTECTION FOR THE CARS [ARTICLE]

PROTECTION FOR THE CARS

Wind Gauge Used <on English Railroad to Prevent Accident While Crossing*Over Viaduct. A singular device for the protection of railroad train trains crossing a viaduct exposed to heavy winds has been employed in England. It consists of a wind gauge fixed at the west end of the Levens viaduct. When the wind pressure reaches 32 pounds to the square foot an electrical contact is made automatically, and bells ring in the signal cabins on each side of the viaduct Upon this all trains are detained until the force of the wind abates. The interruption is telegraphed along the line. In the month of February one year a velocity of 65 miles an hour was recorded. The danger of very high winds to trains on an exposed bridge or viaduct has been more than once tragically demonstrated both in England and In this country.