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Show NEW IDEA FOR EXPRESS TRAINS. jj Makes No Stops, But Drops Passer)- I I osrs Off at Ststlons. , A model of a new device waa re-.'enlly re-.'enlly shown before the memlM-rs nf the llrltlsh AssiM latlou, by means of which It la possible to put passensiirs ofT at any station along railroad without atopplng the train. The model allowed a circular track. The laat carriage on the train waa slipped aa each alatlon waa passed, and passengers wishing to alight at the next station would proceed to tbe laat carriage, the train being of course .. conlluuoua on the American plan, ao that arcesa could be had right through. Then the slipped carriage had deposited Its paaaengora and taken tak-en up a fresh load. It would be alarted and the next train would be allowed gradually to rat -h It up. It would then form part of the new train until, having passed a sum. lent number i.t ststlons. It csme to be the laat carriage car-riage again, when It would I mi onre more allpped. Of course the cars Totild be electrically driven, and the author exhibited a model allowing how by an electrical device It could be ahown In the separate car and In tho overtaking train how far tho two were apart. |