A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 443
roads, Automatic Electric Safety Sys-tem for A system for automatically preventing the approach of two trains at anyspeed beyond a predetermined distance ofeach other. The system consists essentially in the automaticclosing of the circuit of an electric motor placedon the locomotive between the… … Fig. 459. Locomotive with Safety System. which represents a locomotive provided with thissystem. The magnet is on open circuit with generatorsplaced on the rear car of a second train, or withgenerators at a bridge or crossing. By means of double sectional-conductors placedalong the track, the…
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