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Show I New ranger Signal Invented. Danger! An electrical system of signaling hns been perfected In Nottingham, Not-tingham, England, wheroby a gong sound? on the engine and nit Immense bull's eye In the cab -lares with green or red light In the driver's face. Be- yond tho spot where at present the distant signal Is located on tho rail ways, the lnvontlon proposes that a central rail 100 yards long should bo laid with a second nnd much larger central rail near tho present houso signal. Connected with tho signal box, tho pressure of a roller beneath tho engine on these central rails would not only ring a bell and cause-a cause-a lamp, corresponding with the track upon which tho train has been running, run-ning, to glow in the signal box, but bells would ring nnd red or green lamps glow on tho engine Itself, the I color of the lamp depending upon I which rail the signal man had con- I . nected with a rcgntlvo. |