Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1913 — ELECTRICITY TO STOP TRAINS [ARTICLE]

ELECTRICITY TO STOP TRAINS

Experiments Made in Bavaria Show the Idea to Be Perfectly Feasible. Experiments have recently been made on the Bavarian state railways ,with a method of stopping railway trains electrically. The system Is referred to as one of wireless telegraph communication between a wire strung on the roof of the baggage car and any telegraph or telephone lines running along the track. Probably induction is used rather than Hertzian waves to convey the signal to the train. The apparatus operates either a bell or a light signal in the cab of the locomotive or it will operate directly on the air brakes. The system calls for the installation of a sending station at frequent intervals, so that-if it be desired to stop a train because of some accident, this may be effected from almost any point along the track. — Scientific American.