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Show Ktlwy 0)(tuiU by lrumpcl The blasts of the trumpet on railway as a metui3 of giving signals to engine drivers, pointsmen and others engaged in shunting operations, which are now extensively ex-tensively used U largo shunting yards of the Caledonian railway in and around Glasgow, are, it is stated, about to be introduced in-troduced on some of the great railway systems having termini in London. Ao- cording to tho code of trumpet Kignala for shunting in n-ration at St. lvollox oou6 yTuds, Glasgow, tho various signals re represented by long blasts, short blasts and "crows" of the trumpet, the repetition of each varying tho directions; for inhtnuee, a long blast of the trumpet means "movo forward," and two long blasts are a signal to "movo hack." As a rule, the good yards of the principal railways, if not quitocloso to the termini, are situattnl usually in thickly populated popula-ted metropolitan distrtcts, and it is believed be-lieved thai if trumpet signaling should be introduced to them, discordant sounds of continuous and diversified blasts of the trumpet will create a nuisance especially es-pecially at night, when people are in bed, night being invariably utilized for shunting which Londoners will scarcely put up with. Under this novel arrangement arrange-ment each simmer, and in some cases the signal men, are furnished with a horn trumpet eleven inches in length, having a reed inside tho mouthpiece, the whole leing of very light construction. The trumjiet ia carried by the Bhunter slung ovor bis left shoulder with a piece of cord, and hongs ncross tho right hip. It is not at present stated whether or not tho use of the trumpet as a signal will enable the railway authorities to discna) with tho sounding of the engino whistles, which have already been the subject of so much objection. London Daily News. |