Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 333
rovide for the use of detonators(commonly known as torpedoes) as audible sig-nals and of fusees as visible signals. These torpedoes are attached to the top of therail on the engineers side of the track by twosmall flexible metal straps, which are easily bentaround the ball of the rail, as shown in… … DRIVING THE IRON SPIKE ON THE END OF THEFUSEE INTO A RAILROAD TIE. This signal, lighted, is often thrown, harpoon-like, fromthe rear of a swiftly moving train. hundred feet apart, is a signal to reduce speedand look out for a stop signal. The fusees are of similar construction to thewell-known…
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