Show MILE LONG TRAIN RUN BY RADIO NEW CHAPTER in railroad hl alory nry was A ANEW written recently when tor for the i at time the front and rear ends of a mile long moving freight train maintained toay to way ay communication muni cation by radiophone with sith a railway signal towel the train consisting ot of III can and more than a m ie le in length made the run from the new york central train yards at albany N Y to utica mith caboose and locomotive cab in constant communication the order to start the train was given from the caboose to the en gineman mote than a mile ahead and instructions for the utica stop were transmitted in the same A wa a railroad executives on board the train expressed the belief that radio installation on long freights eventually would become universal heretofore communication between cab ard caboose has been either through the medium of visible signals such as flags or lanterns or by the necessarily restricted dot and dash code by locomotive whistle or compressed air line the use of the radio taft in freight operation Is expected to lessen the delays resulting from the defective detective equipment inasmuch as the can be informed in stanly regarding ding the trouble instead of waiting datil a tr toman negotiates goti got ates lates the long and at times per lous route from caboose to loco locomotive mothe it also facilitates facilitate the cutting of cars on sidings as ell 11 as abating the danger of accident to trainmen while running over the tops of cars in stormy weather transmitting and loud speaking receiving apparatus were sere installed in both locomotive and caboose ca boost EXPRESS |