Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1913 — Osclliating Signal. [ARTICLE]

Osclliating Signal.

An oscillating railway signal to act as a warning to pedestrians or vehicle riders at highway crossings Is used by the Pacific Electric railway of Los Angeles, and is built in the company's shops. As described in the Hallway Age Gazette, a hollow disk la attached to the stem of a forked rod, the arms of which are pivoted to a box mounted on top of a post and extend below the pivot to carry coun-ter-weights. The disk is lettered "Stop; Look Out,” and has at the center a pair of four-inch red glasses with an electric light between them, showing red In both directions. On the top of the box there is a twelve-inch gong. As a car or train approaches the gong is set ringing and the disk oscillates at the rate of thirty times per minute.