Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1917 — SAFETY DEVICE FOR TRAINS [ARTICLE]

SAFETY DEVICE FOR TRAINS

Engineer Must Leave His Cab and Set Mechanism to Permit Continued Travel of Train. In describing an automatic safety signaling and braking device for trains, Invented by J. F. McCoy of 170 India street, Brooklyn, N.. Y., the Scientific American says: The Invention provides a braking mechanism which whep operated by a trip connected with each semaphore or signaling device will necessitate the engineer getting out of his cab and setting the trip device so as to close the auxiliary train line pipe in order to release the brakes and permit continued travel of the train, thereby preventing the engineer from rendering the device inoperative when once actuated, from thef throttle lever or brake valve oi mechanism associated with the air brake system, and rendering the mechanism tamper-proof and efficient in use.