Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1913 — New Safety Device for Railways. [ARTICLE]

New Safety Device for Railways.

The fact has transpired that there is a system of signaling now in use on the Midland & Great Eastern railways which, had it been in operation at Malierstang, would haye prevented the deplorable disaster at Aisgill, says the London Mail. After the Shrewsbury accident Colonel Yorke recommended that detonators should be attached to signals, so that when the latter are at danger the detonator is On the rail and will explode when the signal is overrun. It is claimed for the appliance referred to that it fully meets this recommendation. The detonator placer is attached to the signal. When the signal is against the driver the detonator is placed on the rail automatically, and should the driver for any reason overrun the signal the explosion which follows is bound to call his attention to the fact. When the signal gives “line clear” the detonator is removed from the line.