Identifier: waysofourrailway00grinrich (find matches)
Title: The ways of our railways
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Grinling, Charles H. (Charles Herbert)
Subjects: Railroads -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & co., limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE FIRST TRAIN RUN BY ELECTRICITY ON THE METROPOLITANRAILWAY, LONDON.
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ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAIN, NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILWAY.hhoto by Central Electric Cc, St. Yoik.) THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. 121 of an electric bell and a visual electrical indicationannounce the arrival of the carrier at each terminus,the whole operation being practically instantaneous,as the carrier with its load travels with lightning-like rapidity. There is a similar installation atPaddington. For communications between the various depart-ments of a railway the telephone is extensivel)^employed, and there is a central exchange at everyimportant range of ofitices. On railways which haveadministrative offices situated at more than onecentre, the different telephone exchanges have beenconnected by means of trunk wires with highlysatisfactory results, heads of departments or theirassistants being able personally to converse one withanother. All railway offices of importance are, ofcourse, also connected with the public telephonesystem ; but when an irate trader or traveller ringsup the

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