Show I Glad fid an on n a tn li Jal l t n DR l banai i arn I A A new railroad safety development development development develop develop- ment Involving instantaneous and automatic operation of powerful red lights at both head and rear ends of trains making makinI emergency stops is being installed by the Chicago and North Western Railway s system stem II Should a train with this equipment come to an emergency stop either cither I because the engineer set the brakes I or because the air hose between I any of the cars had parted oscil oscil- lating red reef lights at both head and andrear andrear andrear rear ends of the train would go Into operation automatically The powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful beams would serve as stop warnings to all other trains approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap from either direction On clear nights the red lights are vIsible visible visible ble for several miles and have considerable considerable considerable con con- penetrative power in rainor rain rainor or fog They can also be seen over overa a long range in hi daylight The automatic principle and the lights themselves were developed b by y the railroad and the b Mars Oars Signal Light company of Chicago working work work- ing lag in close cooperation co It is the fourth successful step in hi railroad safety research accomplished by the two organizations in fn the past 10 years The first came in 1936 when I Ithe the Mars oscillating headlight now I a regular feature on many of the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na- na tion's fast trains was placed on th the e original steam powered 4 oo I |