Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — RAILWAY SWITCH AND SIGNAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RAILWAY SWITCH AND SIGNAL

Automobile Device Invented by Two Michigan Men—Adapted to Be ” Actuated by Train Trip. ' In Illustrating and describing a railway switch, invented by F. Evans and j>. Butt; Riverdale, Mich., the Scientific American says: This invention relates particularly to a switch and signal of the type adapted to be actuated by a train trip, and is so connected and arranged that the switch bar, connected with the switch points, will be rocked by a train trip and a sliding axial movement will be given to the switch bar, the rocking movement serving to ao-.

tuate a semaphore while the sliding movement serves to throw the switch points, the operation being automatically effected by a train coming from either direction at any rate of speed.

Railway Switch.