Railway Signaling: 1932

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1932 1

1932	1932 index 4.7 MB

accident 2

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB
1932	Now That It Has Happened 1.0 MB

Akron, Canton & Youngstown 1

1932	Automatic Plant With Derails 2.4 MB

Argentina 1

1932	Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking With Optical Route Indicators in the New Buenos Aires Terminal 715.1 KB

Arlington, OH 1

1932	Automatic Plant With Derails 2.4 MB

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Saves Time on the Santa Fe 2.6 MB

automatic block signaling 1

1932	Reverting to Single Track 646.7 KB

automatic interlocking 2

1932	Automatic Interlocking Protects End of Double Track 2.7 MB
1932	Now That It Has Happened 1.0 MB

Baltimore & Ohio 3

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Installed on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.3 MB
1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB
1932	CTC Studies 977.5 KB

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal 1

1932	B&OCT Stops Theft of Coal with Four Automatic Plants at Chicago Heights, IL 1.9 MB

Barrington, IL 1

1932	Collision in Signal Territory 513.9 KB

Blue Island, IL 1

1932	A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB

Boston & Maine 1

1932	Track Model Lights 444.9 KB

Buenos Aires Great Southern 1

1932	Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking With Optical Route Indicators in the New Buenos Aires Terminal 715.1 KB

Buenos Aires, Argentina 1

1932	Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking With Optical Route Indicators in the New Buenos Aires Terminal 715.1 KB

Canadian National 1

1932	Track Model Lights 444.9 KB

Central of Georgia 1

1932	CTC Studies 977.5 KB

centralized traffic control 2

1932	Centralized Traffic Control 3.1 MB
1932	Reverting to Single Track 646.7 KB

Chesapeake & Ohio 2

1932	Automatic Interlockers 1.0 MB
1932	The Erie Installs Either-Direction Signaling 1.6 MB

Chester, VA 1

1932	An Early Automatic Interlocking 411.4 KB

Chicago & North Western 3

1932	Automatic Interlocking Replaces Mechanical Plant 1.7 MB
1932	Collision in Signal Territory 513.9 KB
1932	Smashboard Mechanisms 1.7 MB

Chicago Great Western 2

1932	Automatic Interlockers 1.0 MB
1932	Automatic Interlocking Replaces Mechanical Plant 1.7 MB

Chicago Heights, IL 1

1932	B&OCT Stops Theft of Coal with Four Automatic Plants at Chicago Heights, IL 1.9 MB

Chicago Union Station 2

1932	Burlington Installs Extensive New Electric Interlocking 3.6 MB
1932	Reconstruction of an Interlocking 1.7 MB

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 3

1932	An Early Automatic Interlocking 411.4 KB
1932	Burlington Installs Extensive New Electric Interlocking 3.6 MB
1932	Burlington's Reconstruction Program at Galesburg Involves Modern Interlocking Plants 2.6 MB

Chicago, IL 4

1932	A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB
1932	Burlington Installs Extensive New Electric Interlocking 3.6 MB
1932	Illinois Central Installs 68-Lever Electric Plant 3.3 MB
1932	Reconstruction of an Interlocking 1.7 MB

Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville 1

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific 4

1932	B&OCT Stops Theft of Coal with Four Automatic Plants at Chicago Heights, IL 1.9 MB
1932	Crossing Problem 2.6 MB
1932	Location of Home Signals 853.4 KB
1932	Reverting to Single Track 646.7 KB

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 5

1932	A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB
1932	All-Relay Interlocking Installed by Rock Island 1.1 MB
1932	CRI&P Extends Centralized Control 2.6 MB
1932	Electric Lock on Spring Switch 399.3 KB
1932	Location of Home Signals 853.4 KB

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 1

1932	Smashboard Mechanisms 1.7 MB

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis 4

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB
1932	Big Four Uses Centralized Control For Remote Interlocking 1.8 MB
1932	Improper Forestalling 669.7 KB
1932	Track Capacity 402.2 KB

De Graff, OH 1

1932	Big Four Uses Centralized Control For Remote Interlocking 1.8 MB

Delaware & Hudson 1

1932	CTC Studies 977.5 KB

Denver & Rio Grande Western 2

1932	D&RGW Completes the Signaling of Its Main Line 2.6 MB
1932	Track Capacity 2.7 MB

Des Moines, IA 1

1932	A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB

Deshler, OH 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB

detector bars 2

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB
1932	Detector Bars in 1932 419.4 KB

Detroit, Toledo & Ironton 1

1932	Electric Interlocking Constructed by the Nickel Plate 1.4 MB

economics 1

1932	Reverting to Single Track 646.7 KB

electro-pneumatic interlocking 1

1932	Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking With Optical Route Indicators in the New Buenos Aires Terminal 715.1 KB

Elkhart, IN 1

1932	Improper Forestalling 669.7 KB

Erie 1

1932	The Erie Installs Either-Direction Signaling 1.6 MB

Florida East Coast 2

1932	Crossing Problem 2.6 MB
1932	False Change of Lineup 850.0 KB

Galesburg, IL 1

1932	Burlington's Reconstruction Program at Galesburg Involves Modern Interlocking Plants 2.6 MB

General Railway Signal 1

1932	Automatic Interlocking Protects End of Double Track 2.7 MB

Gilkeson, WV 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Installed on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.3 MB

Graham (Galesburg, IL) 1

1932	Burlington's Reconstruction Program at Galesburg Involves Modern Interlocking Plants 2.6 MB

Great Northern 3

1932	Automatic Interlocking Protects End of Double Track 2.7 MB
1932	Location of Home Signals 853.4 KB
1932	Smashboard Mechanisms 1.7 MB

Griffith, IN 1

1932	The Erie Installs Either-Direction Signaling 1.6 MB

Hammond, IN 1

1932	The Erie Installs Either-Direction Signaling 1.6 MB

Highlands, IN 1

1932	The Erie Installs Either-Direction Signaling 1.6 MB

highway crossings 2

1932	Crossing Signal History 941.6 KB
1932	Uniform Laws and Standards for Crossing Signals 518.8 KB

Holliday, KS 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Saves Time on the Santa Fe 2.6 MB

Illinois Central 2

1932	A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB
1932	Illinois Central Installs 68-Lever Electric Plant 3.3 MB

index 1

1932	1932 index 4.7 MB

Indianapolis, IN 2

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB
1932	Detector Bars in 1932 419.4 KB

insulators 1

1932	Insulators 371.1 KB

interlocking 4

1932	Automatic Interlocking Protects End of Double Track 2.7 MB
1932	Crossing Problem 2.6 MB
1932	Detector Bars in 1932 419.4 KB
1932	Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking With Optical Route Indicators in the New Buenos Aires Terminal 715.1 KB

Interstate Commerce Commission 1

1932	Uniform Laws and Standards for Crossing Signals 518.8 KB

Leipsic, OH 2

1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB
1932	Electric Interlocking Constructed by the Nickel Plate 1.4 MB

Lohman, MT 1

1932	Automatic Interlocking Protects End of Double Track 2.7 MB

London & North Western 1

1932	Speed Signaling in England 1.9 MB

Louisville & Nashville 1

1932	Crossing Problem 2.6 MB

miniature signal system 1

1932	Miniature Signal System a Hobby 606.4 KB

Minneapolis & St. Louis 1

1932	Smashboard Mechanisms 1.7 MB

Mirfield, England 1

1932	Speed Signaling in England 1.9 MB

Missouri Pacific 2

1932	Smashboard Mechanisms 1.7 MB
1932	Testing OS Track Circuits 926.0 KB

model railroad 1

1932	Miniature Signal System a Hobby 606.4 KB

Monon 1

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 1

1932	Track Capacity 2.7 MB

New York Central 6

1932	Automatic Plant With Derails 2.4 MB
1932	Improper Forestalling 669.7 KB
1932	New Type of Lead-Out 924.4 KB
1932	The Light-Traffic Crossing 1.1 MB
1932	Track Capacity 2.7 MB
1932	Track Model Lights 444.9 KB

New York, Chicago & St. Louis 4

1932	A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB
1932	Approach Lighting 534.4 KB
1932	Electric Interlocking Constructed by the Nickel Plate 1.4 MB
1932	Electric Lock for Spring Switch 1.3 MB

New York, New Haven & Hartford 1

1932	Crossing Signal History 941.6 KB

New York, NY 1

1932	New Eighth Avenue Subway- Signaling and Interlocking in New York City 6.4 MB

North Lima, OH 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB

Olathe, KS 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Saves Time on the Santa Fe 2.6 MB

Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation 1

1932	Automatic Interlockers 1.0 MB

Polo, MO 2

1932	All-Relay Interlocking Installed by Rock Island 1.1 MB
1932	CRI&P Extends Centralized Control 2.6 MB

Porter, IN 1

1932	New Type of Lead-Out 924.4 KB

Randolph Street (Chicago, IL) 1

1932	Illinois Central Installs 68-Lever Electric Plant 3.3 MB

Roachton, OH 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB

Rochester, MN 1

1932	Automatic Interlocking Replaces Mechanical Plant 1.7 MB

Seaboard Air Line 1

1932	Take-Siding Signals 318.1 KB

Southern 1

1932	Crossing Problem 2.6 MB

Southern Pacific 3

1932	Centralized Traffic Control 3.1 MB
1932	Testing OS Track Circuits 926.0 KB
1932	Track Capacity 2.7 MB

St. Charles Air Line 1

1932	Burlington Installs Extensive New Electric Interlocking 3.6 MB

St. Louis-San Francisco 2

1932	Electric Lock on Spring Switch 399.3 KB
1932	False Change of Lineup 850.0 KB

Tidewater & Western 1

1932	An Early Automatic Interlocking 411.4 KB

Tontogany, OH 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.4 MB

Trenton, MO 1

1932	CRI&P Extends Centralized Control 2.6 MB

Union Avenue, Chicago, IL 1

1932	Burlington Installs Extensive New Electric Interlocking 3.6 MB

Union Switch & Signal 2

1932	Centralized Traffic Control 3.1 MB
1932	Union Retained-Neutral Polarized Relay 471.0 KB

Vermilion, OH 1

1932	Electric Lock for Spring Switch 1.3 MB

Virginian 1

1932	An Early Automatic Interlocking 411.4 KB

Wabash 1

1932	Track Capacity 2.7 MB

Walthers, W. K. 1

1932	Miniature Signal System a Hobby 606.4 KB

Waterman (Galesburg, IL) 1

1932	Burlington's Reconstruction Program at Galesburg Involves Modern Interlocking Plants 2.6 MB

Wheeling, WV 1

1932	Centralized Traffic Control Installed on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.3 MB

Railway Signaling: 1932

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