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Although all of these digitized articles are 60 or more years old, and likely have minimal commercial value today, the reader should bear in mind that material dated after 1923 remains under copyright by Simmons-Boardman Publishing.
These articles and the information contained therein may be freely reproduced or used in printed or electronic form for non-commercial or educational purposes, provided the copyright holder and original author (if known) are acknowledged, and provided that such publication also refers readers to the original document on this site.
Simply making interesting material available to those who share my interest in the railway signal systems of the past has been my sole objective in this long project.
1965 | B&O would have used radio orders 573.9 KB |
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1944 | Track Circuits on Passing Tracks in CTC Territory 941.8 KB |
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1943 | Union Pacific Installs CTC on 175 Miles of Single Track 13.2 MB |
1924 | Low-Voltage Interlocking on C&NW 1.6 MB |
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1955 | CTC and cab signaling on Union Pacific 789.5 KB |
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1961 | Santa Fe Signals New Main Line 913.2 KB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-05 831.1 KB |
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1936 | Reconstruction of Interlocking at the Dallas Union Terminal 14.8 MB |
1935 | Centralized Traffic Control on the Texas & Pacific 5.1 MB |
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1935 | Collision on the T&P 2.0 MB |
1936 | Reconstruction of Interlocking at the Dallas Union Terminal 14.8 MB |
1955 | Santa Fe installs CTC on single track 610.2 KB |
1949 | Signaling Adapted to Traffic On the Rock Island 5.2 MB |
1955 | What CTC did for the Dixie Line 889.8 KB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-07 654.1 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-07 509.0 KB |
1947 | All-Relay Plant on the C&EI at Danville, Ill 915.6 KB |
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1947 | All-Relay Plant on the C&EI at Danville, Ill 915.6 KB |
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1911 | Automatic Signals on Vermillion River Bridge 986.3 KB |
1931 | Centralized Traffic Control Installed on Wabash 5.6 MB |
1948 | CTC Keeps ‘em Rollin’ on C&EI 2.1 MB |
1925 | Division Train Control Installation on C&EI Approved by ICC 2.9 MB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-03 1.0 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-07 793.4 KB |
1930 | Remotely Controlled Signals Replace Manual Block Station on New York Central 1.2 MB |
1911 | Signaling on the Illinois Traction System 1.5 MB |
1926 | Train Control Progress in 1925 3.1 MB |
1916 | Government Drawbridge Signaling 670.2 KB |
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1936 | Remote Control on the Pennsylvania 14.5 MB |
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1948 | CTC Big Help to GM&O 1.7 MB |
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1915 | Electric Interlocking at Davis, Illinois 241.3 KB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-07 654.1 KB |
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1934 | An Electric Interlocking on the Southern Pacific 1.8 MB |
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1933 | New Interlockers – Reversion to Single Track 418.4 KB |
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1951 | "Central" Increases Safety at Highway Crossings in Dayton 1.0 MB |
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1947 | Choice of Interlocking Control Machines 266.5 KB |
1929 | Pennsylvania Installs APB Signaling on 86 Miles 3.7 MB |
1955 | Pennsylvania installs wayside equipment for cab signaling 745.7 KB |
1935 | Switch-Stand Selector 1.9 MB |
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1940 | 11,000-Ft. Coded Track Circuits 13.6 MB |
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1940 | Plug Couplers for Relays and Signals 1.3 MB |
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1916 | The New Ziegler Relay 396.2 KB |
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1935 | DC Track Circuits 963.2 KB |
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1955 | One CTC Machine Replaces Three 451.9 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-03 830.1 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-04 1.2 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-02 1.9 MB |
1955 | CTC moves trains on grades 762.8 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-08 1.2 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-11 1.4 MB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-10 457.3 KB |
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1946 | DT&I Tests Radio 4.3 MB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-02 1.4 MB |
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1945 | Manual Block-Remote Control Developed On the Wabash 5.7 MB |
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1937 | Signal Construction on the Wabash 12.2 MB |
1930 | Wabash Tests Automatic Train Control with Cab-Lights 3.6 MB |
1954 | Wabash Yard Moves Expedited 1.2 MB |
1940 | Coded Track Control 2.5 MB |
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1929 | D&RGW Expedites Trains With Centralized Control 2.1 MB |
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1917 | Light Signals On CM&StP 781.9 KB |
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1917 | New C&NW Bascule Bridge Interlocking 761.1 KB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1929 | The Chicago & Alton Installs Mechanical Plant 1.3 MB |
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1937 | Delaware River Bridge Signaling 13.9 MB |
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1928 | Automatic Interlockers Are Profitable Investments 3.3 MB |
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1951 | Single Track with CTC Replaces Double Track on Milwaukee 586.0 KB |
1955 | Crossing protection for 16 streets 371.1 KB |
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1926 | DT&I Interlocking Machine Nickel-Plated When Rebuilt 602.1 KB |
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1946 | DT&I Tests Radio 4.3 MB |
1946 | War-Time Replacement of Interlocking on Pere Marquette 3.4 MB |
1941 | Signaling on 47 Miles of St. Louis Southwestern 12.6 MB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-02 1.4 MB |
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1951 | New Interlocking in Holland 1.0 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-08 753.7 KB |
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1949 | New Automatic Block on the Katy 4.7 MB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-10 1.0 MB |
1941 | Automatic Signaling and Tunnel Protection On the Denver & Salt Lake 6.7 MB |
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1950 | CTC Extended on the Rio Grande 4.4 MB |
1946 | CTC on 128 Miles of Denver & Salt Lake 10.1 MB |
1941 | Non-Stop Permissive Signals 1.4 MB |
1944 | Signals Direct Trains at Junction On the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Denver & Salt Lake 2.8 MB |
1941 | Automatic Signaling and Tunnel Protection On the Denver & Salt Lake 6.7 MB |
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1928 | Burlington Completes Automatic Signals Chicago to Denver 5.1 MB |
1950 | CTC Extended on the Rio Grande 4.4 MB |
1946 | CTC on 128 Miles of Denver & Salt Lake 10.1 MB |
1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1935 | Safety of High Speed Trains 5.2 MB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1943 | Signals Ordered on the Kansas City Southern 1.4 MB |
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1921 | Derails: Are They Good or Bad? 350.6 KB |
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1939 | ICC Permits Removal of Derails 1.1 MB |
1929 | The Year 1928 in Retrospect and the Outlook for 1929 1.5 MB |
1932 | A Call-On Signal Is Different from a Stop and Proceed Signal 667.6 KB |
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1935 | Auto Stop Installed on C&NW 7.2 MB |
1911 | General News (August 1911) 559.3 KB |
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1943 | Gates at Three Crossings on C&NW 3.4 MB |
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1948 | Gates at Three Crossings on Soo Line 1.8 MB |
1911 | General News (August 1911) 559.3 KB |
1913 | New Block Signaling on the North-Western 1.8 MB |
1919 | The Night Signal Indication 335.6 KB |
1931 | Three-Track Signaling on 13.5 Miles of the C&NW 5.4 MB |
1934 | Desk-Lever Interlocking Installed on Canadian National 1.2 MB |
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1922 | New Desk-Type Circuit Controller 1.6 MB |
1951 | Simple Interlocking Saves Many Train Stops 364.8 KB |
1929 | Simplified Electric Interlocking Plant on Michigan Central.pdf 3.6 MB |
1932 | A Detector Bar Fails 1.5 MB |
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1932 | Detector Bars in 1932 419.4 KB |
1935 | New Interlocking in the Chicago Loop 4.0 MB |
1947 | Territories Involved in the ICC Signaling Order 399.0 KB |
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1937 | J. C. Mock Retires 1.4 MB |
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1940 | New Interlockings at Windsor, Ont. On the Michigan Central 14.1 MB |
1911 | Railway Signal Association Convention: Committee I: Signaling Practice 3.8 MB |
1955 | Crossing protection for 16 streets 371.1 KB |
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1955 | Interlocking Expedites Terminal Moves 1.6 MB |
1915 | New Interlockers on the Flint Belt Line 2.2 MB |
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1955 | Crossing protection for 16 streets 371.1 KB |
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1936 | Crossing Protection Includes Signals for Directing Trains 17.0 MB |
1926 | DT&I Interlocking Machine Nickel-Plated When Rebuilt 602.1 KB |
1939 | Interconnection of Train Signals and Crossing Protection 1.1 MB |
1955 | Interlocking Expedites Terminal Moves 1.6 MB |
1931 | Michigan Central Makes Extensive Improvements in Signaling System 3.3 MB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-11 1.3 MB |
1937 | Route Control Interlocking – A New Signaling Development 2.9 MB |
1929 | Simplified Electric Interlocking Plant on Michigan Central.pdf 3.6 MB |
1924 | Study of Train Control on the Michigan Central 2.1 MB |
1946 | War-Time Replacement of Interlocking on Pere Marquette 3.4 MB |
1941 | DT&I Installs Automatic Interlocking 5.0 MB |
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1926 | DT&I Interlocking Machine Nickel-Plated When Rebuilt 602.1 KB |
1932 | Electric Interlocking Constructed by the Nickel Plate 1.4 MB |
1927 | Half Interlocker on DT&I 565.6 KB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-11 1.4 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-07 793.4 KB |
1965 | Rhodesia has 1215 miles of CTC 949.2 KB |
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1965 | Rhodesia has 1215 miles of CTC 949.2 KB |
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1931 | Three-Track Signaling on 13.5 Miles of the C&NW 5.4 MB |
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1948 | CTC Keeps ‘em Rollin’ on C&EI 2.1 MB |
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1954 | CTC Increases Capacity of Double Track 4.2 MB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1941 | Signaling on 47 Miles of St. Louis Southwestern 12.6 MB |
1944 | St. Louis Southwestern Installs Centralized Traffic Control 6.9 MB |
1944 | Track Circuits on Passing Tracks in CTC Territory 941.8 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1965 | Rhodesia has 1215 miles of CTC 949.2 KB |
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1961 | Digital Computer Simulates CTC Dispatcher 2.8 MB |
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1947 | Frisco Moves CTC to One Office 481.1 KB |
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1944 | St. Louis-San Francisco Installs Centralized Traffic Control 8.3 MB |
1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-07 509.0 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-10 518.0 KB |
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1916 | The New Ziegler Relay 396.2 KB |
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1950 | CTC on the Reading 6.6 MB |
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1935 | Obsolescence in Signaling 3.4 MB |
1912 | The Automatic Signal and the Local Circuit 1.9 MB |
1965 | Merging divisions require changing circuits 339.6 KB |
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1962 | Centralization – Dispatch Circuits Are Changing 1.3 MB |
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1934 | More on Distant Signals 598.6 KB |
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1940 | Southern Pacific Petition Denied 3.0 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-04 908.1 KB |
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1934 | Spring Derail for Drawbridge Protection 535.0 KB |
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1911 | Interlocking on the North Western Terminal 7.6 MB |
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1925 | Maintenance on C&NW Terminals 12.5 MB |
1911 | Signaling and Interlocking on the North Western Terminal in Chicago 1.1 MB |
1955 | C&O Consolidates Interlockings 3.2 MB |
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1940 | New Code Transmitter 2.1 MB |
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1940 | Plug Couplers for Relays and Signals 1.3 MB |
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1936 | Light-out Relay for AC or DC 2.3 MB |
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1936 | Power-Transfer Relay for Crossing Signals 3.5 MB |
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1950 | Retained-Neutral Neutral Relay 3.4 MB |
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1935 | An Under-Voltage Relay 1.2 MB |
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1937 | New Devices- March 1937 18.1 MB |
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1955 | New York Central’s CTC – It’s Four Tracks to Two 4.1 MB |
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1955 | News Briefs. 1955-08 801.6 KB |
1957 | Where Two Tracks Do the Work of Four 3.2 MB |
1955 | News Briefs. 1955-08 801.6 KB |
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1916 | Method for Checking Mechanical Locking 322.8 KB |
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1962 | Control Panels 243.4 KB |
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1964 | Train Describers: A step toward ATI 2.1 MB |
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1943 | CTC on 107 Miles of Single-Track on the Rio Grande 9.7 MB |
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1955 | One CTC Machine Replaces Three 451.9 KB |
1944 | Rio Grande has Longest CTC 9.2 MB |
1944 | Signals Direct Trains at Junction On the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Denver & Salt Lake 2.8 MB |
1937 | New Devices- March 1937 18.1 MB |
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1951 | Single Track with CTC Replaces Double Track on Milwaukee 586.0 KB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-11 1.2 MB |
1925 | Excellent Results for 35 Years on Burlington 1.5 MB |
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1931 | New Control System Used at Electric Interlocking on the Burlington 3.5 MB |
1954 | New Wayside and Cab Signaling 753.2 KB |
1965 | GCPs can be used for various types of grade crossings 374.6 KB |
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1947 | CTC Down by the Ohio 2.7 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-12 422.5 KB |
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1940 | Plug Couplers for Relays and Signals 1.3 MB |
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1950 | Retained-Neutral Neutral Relay 3.4 MB |
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1950 | Retained-Neutral Neutral Relay 3.4 MB |
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1949 | A Century of Signal Glass Developments 4.2 MB |
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1943 | Progress in the Use of Coded Track Circuits 1.6 MB |
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1940 | Drafting Boards 1.8 MB |
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1916 | Method for Checking Mechanical Locking 322.8 KB |
1937 | Prepare for Construction 1.2 MB |
1909 | Willson's Gummed Paper Letters and Figures 170.0 KB |
1909 | Willson's Gummed Paper Letters and Figures 598.7 KB |
1910 | Drafting Room Practice in the Signal Department 1.3 MB |
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1910 | Supplemental Notes on Drafting Practice 382.8 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-10 778.4 KB |
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1961 | Railroad Will Pay For CTC Out Of Accrued Savings 842.9 KB |
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1947 | Southern Pacific Installs CTC 990.2 KB |
1965 | AAR and RLEA reply to RS&I exceptions 863.6 KB |
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1950 | Audible Warning Sounded When Dragging Equipment Detectors Operate 4.2 MB |
1939 | Drag Detectors Protect Bridges 3.2 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-12 422.5 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-07 849.5 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-06 1.2 MB |
1949 | Signal Indications to Stop Trains When Dragging Equipment Detectors Operate 922.0 KB |
1939 | Special Aspects for Detectors 937.0 KB |
1935 | Accident at Drawbridge 1.4 MB |
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1939 | Electric Interlocking on the New Haven 2.1 MB |
1941 | Southern Pacific Installs Interlocking at Drawbridge 6.3 MB |
1929 | Trap Circuit for Drawbridge 980.8 KB |
1947 | Drawbridge Interlocking on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 647.3 KB |
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1939 | Drag Detectors Protect Bridges 3.2 MB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-05 1.0 MB |
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1937 | Ends of Double Track Controlled by CTC 12.4 MB |
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1946 | G. H Dryden retires 455.7 KB |
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1911 | Letters to the Editor: A Difference of Opinion 739.6 KB |
1928 | Personal Mention: G. H. Dryden 432.7 KB |
1927 | The Color Position Light Signal (poem) 435.2 KB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-12 971.1 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-06 980.1 KB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-07 509.0 KB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-03 830.1 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1956 | Switch Machines for CTC 2.0 MB |
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1956 | Switch Machines for CTC 985.3 KB |
1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
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1942 | Automatic Signal Program on the Illinois Central 4.6 MB |
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1911 | Automatic Signals on the Chicago Great Western 7.4 MB |
1965 | Midwest RRs fight the weather 914.3 KB |
1936 | Signals Installed at 26 Crossings in Dubuque, IA 13.8 MB |
1964 | Cars identified automatically 512.0 KB |
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1944 | CTC Speeds Ore Traffic On the DM&IR 4.6 MB |
1962 | DM&IR Consolidates CTC Control Miles 384.7 KB |
1954 | New Interlocking on Leads to Docks Saves Time for Ore Trains 2.9 MB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-10 1.0 MB |
1961 | Survey Tells How Railroads Use Hotbox Detectors 1.8 MB |
1964 | Cars identified automatically 512.0 KB |
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1944 | CTC Speeds Ore Traffic On the DM&IR 4.6 MB |
1962 | DM&IR Consolidates CTC Control Miles 384.7 KB |
1915 | Duluth Terminal Trestle Signaling 2.3 MB |
1954 | New Interlocking on Leads to Docks Saves Time for Ore Trains 2.9 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-01 971.6 KB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-06 1.2 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-01 971.6 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-11 473.4 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-10 457.3 KB |
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1928 | Early APB Signaling 408.5 KB |
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1955 | News Briefs. 1955-08 801.6 KB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-10 778.4 KB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-06 1.2 MB |
1947 | Canadian Pacific Installs Absolute Permissive Block 774.8 KB |
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1944 | Railroad Applications of Electronics 1.9 MB |
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1911 | Automatic Signals on the Chicago Great Western 7.4 MB |
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1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
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1935 | Signaling in Dust Storms 2.3 MB |
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1950 | Approach Distances and Times 5.5 MB |
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1937 | Approach Locking on Dwarf Signals 1.2 MB |
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1951 | Burlington Installs Extensive Interlocking at Kansas City 1.0 MB |
1947 | How Low Is a Dwarf? 438.7 KB |
1937 | Phantom Indications of Dwarfs 1.3 MB |
1934 | Simplified Interlocking Speeds Train Operation 1.9 MB |
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1965 | Transit vehicles set for automatic running 182.7 KB |
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1961 | Dynamic Indication 254.1 KB |
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1962 | Dynamic Indication 211.7 KB |