Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-14 | Page 3 | Radio-Driven Train Successful in Test

RADIO DRIVEN TRAIN SUCCESSFUL IN TEST Energy Transmitted by Short Wave Sends Car Cai Seven Miles Along Rails BOISE CITY Okla April 14 A CAP vision ision or of engineless trains driven by electricity transmitted by short wave arose today as the result of a secret experiment on the tracks or of the Santa Fe railroad Energy by radio was credited with driving a small rail motor car a ad d stance distance of seven miles yesterday This test of an invention still in the experimental stage was guarded closel closely No description of the generating and transmitting apparatus was made public R. R C. C Martini assistant gen gen- eral cral manager of the Santa Fe at Ama Ama- nIb rillo Texas said no official of the railroad had expressed himself in any manner regarding the outcome of the experiment The inventor N. N C. C Gregory said that on the basis of this experiment larger apparatus capable ot of generating ing 1000 horsepower will be built m in Brooklyn n N. N Y With th this s. s he said he expects to operate a five car train without material connection of any kind between the train and the power source It was as disclosed he has sold a share in the thc invention to a New York firm headed by Morris The rolling equipment was described de- de scribed by Ro Roy Butterbaugh Boise Cit City as a wheeled four car fabricated by the use of two handcars He sai said it carried eight p passengers on the trip Gregory said he halted the car ol 01 at the end of the seven mile trip for fear of damaging the qu quip quip- p ment through heat This difficulty he said was due to a defect in the grounding system