fi thG
n <W ,
for the V(
ate anpthc
a (mis s|
of the Iiai
17. Tin
ned, a p
foments of fa
cngrark
signal, tick
it Balk]
by Mr.'J
by. ffi
iiamctcr, «*
t night HI
upyingt(
e top by
ja train'
3f the ncxl
fore him i
d down :
r ten minu*
n the top-
•he <
for itl5 j
, ■ and*
is a
A-
01
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
mittce, consisting of the most eminent engineers m Edin-
burgh, awarded their silver medal to the inventor m tes-
timony of their high sense of its merits. Torrops
railway signal comes recommended to us as a most efficient
instrument for effecting the object desired, and as a means
of preventing those serious accidents so frequently oo-
curring by the collision of railway trains. The time of
its descent having been uniformly fixed on all railways at
acting signal; J. Stevens, of Edinburgh ; C. A. Long, of
Portman-squarCj a signal worked by the agency of elec-
tricity, and intended to obviate the danger of one train
overtaking another; J. Copling, j in., of Hackney, a plan
of instant communication between the guards, passengers,
and engine-drivers of railways; "W. Ilallersley, of St.
George's-in-thc-East, who also lias a good plan for a pas-
senger s signal; E. Cowpcr, Notting-hill, a detonating fog
i I
RAILWAY SIGNALS.
ten minutes, engine-drivers removing from one line to
another would always be guided bv one and the same rule
of time. The signal may be placed on the highest-eleva-
tion of a building, a bridge, &c.
In the engraving the centre object shows the signal in
course of action, while those at the sides represent its
appearance bv day and night.
Amongst the exhibitors of railway signals may.be men-
uoned Messrs. Lockyer, of Leicester, who "nave a self-
and accident signal; T. Pcarce, Oxford, who has also a
fog signal, the peculiarity of which consists in the fact of
a red or green light being produced by triggers being
struck by a stop being placed at the side of a tram-road;
J. Hay, of Faddington, a signal for day or night; besides
several new whistles and improved breaks.
It is vitally important, seeing that fatal accidents have
so frequently happened from the want of efficient signals,
that some general plan be speedily adopted.
1 _.
n <W ,
for the V(
ate anpthc
a (mis s|
of the Iiai
17. Tin
ned, a p
foments of fa
cngrark
signal, tick
it Balk]
by Mr.'J
by. ffi
iiamctcr, «*
t night HI
upyingt(
e top by
ja train'
3f the ncxl
fore him i
d down :
r ten minu*
n the top-
•he <
for itl5 j
, ■ and*
is a
A-
01
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
mittce, consisting of the most eminent engineers m Edin-
burgh, awarded their silver medal to the inventor m tes-
timony of their high sense of its merits. Torrops
railway signal comes recommended to us as a most efficient
instrument for effecting the object desired, and as a means
of preventing those serious accidents so frequently oo-
curring by the collision of railway trains. The time of
its descent having been uniformly fixed on all railways at
acting signal; J. Stevens, of Edinburgh ; C. A. Long, of
Portman-squarCj a signal worked by the agency of elec-
tricity, and intended to obviate the danger of one train
overtaking another; J. Copling, j in., of Hackney, a plan
of instant communication between the guards, passengers,
and engine-drivers of railways; "W. Ilallersley, of St.
George's-in-thc-East, who also lias a good plan for a pas-
senger s signal; E. Cowpcr, Notting-hill, a detonating fog
i I
RAILWAY SIGNALS.
ten minutes, engine-drivers removing from one line to
another would always be guided bv one and the same rule
of time. The signal may be placed on the highest-eleva-
tion of a building, a bridge, &c.
In the engraving the centre object shows the signal in
course of action, while those at the sides represent its
appearance bv day and night.
Amongst the exhibitors of railway signals may.be men-
uoned Messrs. Lockyer, of Leicester, who "nave a self-
and accident signal; T. Pcarce, Oxford, who has also a
fog signal, the peculiarity of which consists in the fact of
a red or green light being produced by triggers being
struck by a stop being placed at the side of a tram-road;
J. Hay, of Faddington, a signal for day or night; besides
several new whistles and improved breaks.
It is vitally important, seeing that fatal accidents have
so frequently happened from the want of efficient signals,
that some general plan be speedily adopted.
1 _.