NOTE:
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.
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-03 1.1 MB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1951 | Automatic Block for Few Fast Trains 286.5 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-03 830.1 KB |
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1954 | New Wayside and Cab Signaling 753.2 KB |
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1949 | Signal Research and Development 2.9 MB |
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1962 | Automatic Freight Train is Crewless 1.1 MB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-09 835.6 KB |
1966 | News Briefs. 1966-01 1.4 MB |
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1941 | Monon Changes Approved 760.8 KB |
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1931 | Centralized Traffic Control Installed on Wabash 5.6 MB |
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1942 | Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisiville Modernizes Automatic Signaling 3.9 MB |
1941 | Monon Changes Approved 760.8 KB |
1940 | Wabash Installs Gate and Signal Protection for All Crossings in Lafayette 4.9 MB |
1962 | Centralization – Dispatch Circuits Are Changing 1.3 MB |
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1935 | Letter to the Editor: Use of Cab Signals 1.2 MB |
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1954 | Automatic Gates Increase Safety 3.2 MB |
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1926 | North Shore Line Installs Two Electric Interlockers 2.1 MB |
1920 | Modern Telegraph Office at Indianapolis 3.1 MB |
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1954 | Automatic Gates Increase Safety 3.2 MB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-08 827.3 KB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-06 718.3 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-02 1.4 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-10 518.0 KB |
1919 | A Peculiar Accident 251.7 KB |
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1911 | Interlocking on the North Western Terminal 7.6 MB |
1925 | Maintenance on C&NW Terminals 12.5 MB |
1911 | Signaling and Interlocking on the North Western Terminal in Chicago 1.1 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-11 1.4 MB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-08 827.3 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-09 835.6 KB |
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1943 | Centralized Traffic Control on the Milwaukee 2.8 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-12 422.5 KB |
1935 | Safety of High Speed Trains 5.2 MB |
1913 | New Signaling Across the Great Salt Lake 2.2 MB |
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1947 | ICC Signal Hearings 179.7 KB |
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1954 | Loudspeakers and Interlocking Improve Yard Operation 4.7 MB |
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1949 | Modern Signaling on a Division 6.6 MB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-03 1.1 MB |
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1927 | A Reserve Filament Device to Prevent Light-Out Failures 529.8 KB |
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1921 | A Complete Train Despatching System 1.7 MB |
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1921 | A Complete Train Despatching System 1.7 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-01 971.6 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-04 908.1 KB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-12 422.5 KB |
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1937 | Signaling Eliminates Platform Maintenance 3.9 MB |
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1937 | Signaling at Lap Sidings 1.1 MB |
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1937 | Signaling at Lap Sidings 2.6 MB |
1955 | CTC and cab signaling on Union Pacific 789.5 KB |
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1945 | Milwaukee Installs CTC On 51 Miles 6.5 MB |
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1945 | The New Connections at Kansas City For Milwaukee and Rock Island 4.7 MB |
1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1944 | Railroad Applications of Electronics 1.9 MB |
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1944 | Track Circuits on Passing Tracks in CTC Territory 941.8 KB |
1943 | Union Pacific Installs CTC on 175 Miles of Single Track 13.2 MB |
1923 | Automatics on Paris Grande Ceinture 5.0 MB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-10 457.3 KB |
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1921 | The Use of a Standard System of Nomenclature 337.6 KB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-04 908.1 KB |
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1911 | Automatic Signals on the Northern Pacific 6.3 MB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-06 718.3 KB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-07 654.1 KB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-09 835.6 KB |
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1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1936 | Approach Electric Lighting On the Erie 2.7 MB |
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1942 | Chicago's Newest Subway Has Automatic Block Signaling and Train Stop 457.5 KB |
1946 | CTC on 107 Miles of Single Track on the Louisville & Nashville 5.2 MB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-10 457.3 KB |
1947 | Annual Review and Outlook 425.1 KB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-07 654.1 KB |
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1947 | Frisco Moves CTC to One Office 481.1 KB |
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1961 | Reading Improves 13 Crossings 739.0 KB |
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1938 | Relay Interlocking at Leeds 4.3 MB |
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1924 | Controlled Manual Block Signaling With Train Control 5.5 MB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1950 | CTC on the Reading 6.6 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-12 422.5 KB |
1916 | Reconstruction of New Haven Signals 315.5 KB |
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1949 | An Unusual Automatic Plant 4.5 MB |
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1950 | Centralized Train Dispatching 1.4 MB |
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1962 | Electric Switch Lamp Lighting Helps Reduce Operating Expense 661.7 KB |
1936 | Flood Damage to Signaling 5.0 MB |
1943 | Herbert S. Balliet obituary 609.4 KB |
1915 | Jersey City Terminal Interlocking 1.1 MB |
1925 | Light Signals, Color, Position, or Color-Position 1.5 MB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-04 1.2 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-01 971.6 KB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-05 742.2 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-09 899.1 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-12 998.6 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-07 793.4 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-12 618.4 KB |
1966 | News Briefs. 1966-01 1.4 MB |
1921 | Proposed Modification of Stop-and-Proceed Rule 1.4 MB |
1936 | Railroads Clean Up After Flood Waters 33.3 MB |
1930 | Signal Aspects for a Four Block System 2.8 MB |
1950 | Temporary Change of Signal Controls 2.2 MB |
1925 | The Train Control Situation 853.0 KB |
1926 | Train Control Progress in 1925 3.1 MB |
1923 | Train-Order Signals at Interlockers 3.6 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1947 | Relay Interlocking on Lehigh Valley 805.7 KB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-02 1.4 MB |
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1964 | What CTC Can Do For You 427.1 KB |
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1964 | Eight cities test automatic train operation 1.1 MB |
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1916 | Signaling the Milwaukee's Electric Zone 624.8 KB |
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1923 | News of the Month (October 1923) 1.9 MB |
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1936 | Alining Signals on Curves 3.7 MB |
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1940 | Signal Lens Cleaner 1.1 MB |
1947 | Canadian Pacific Installs Absolute Permissive Block 774.8 KB |
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1956 | The Crossing Accident Problem 986.5 KB |
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1918 | Mechanical Signaling 222.3 KB |
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1947 | False Clear Signal 1.0 MB |
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1945 | The Leverman's Viewpoint 427.0 KB |
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1947 | CTC Down by the Ohio 2.7 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-10 518.0 KB |
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1924 | Results of Train Control Test on Pennsylvania 3.1 MB |
1946 | CTC on 121 Miles of the Cotton Belt 6.4 MB |
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1923 | Chicago & Alton Installation of Train Control 1.4 MB |
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1954 | Automatic Gates Increase Safety 3.2 MB |
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1947 | Light-out Protection at Home Signals 233.7 KB |
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1926 | Scientific Study of Light Signals 3.3 MB |
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1935 | Avoiding Light-Out Signal Failures 2.2 MB |
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1935 | Avoiding Light-Out Signal Failures 1.2 MB |
1950 | New Rules, Standards and Instructions Issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission 7.9 MB |
1950 | Rules, Standards and Instructions 1.5 MB |
1925 | A Study of the Causes of Lightning 2.0 MB |
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1935 | An Improved Track Circuit for Light-Weight Equipment 2.4 MB |
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1956 | How to Control Signals Safely Where Lightweight Trains are Operated 8.4 MB |
1937 | Track Shunting Problems 947.3 KB |
1937 | Track Shunting Problems 2.5 MB |
1936 | C&O Remote Control 12.8 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-02 1.3 MB |
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1963 | News Briefs. 1963-06 973.6 KB |
1955 | CTC on single and double track 406.8 KB |
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1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
1929 | Interlocking Controlled Remotely 2.7 MB |
1930 | New Electric Interlocking on the Burlington Eliminates 160 Train Stops Per Day 2.8 MB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1935 | Safety of High Speed Trains 5.2 MB |
1937 | Cut-Out Control for Crossing Signals 3.0 MB |
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1935 | Aerial Cable Versus Open Line 3.9 MB |
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1935 | Pole Lines for Automatic Signaling 1.6 MB |
1940 | Southern Pacific Washes Insulators 1.5 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-02 1.3 MB |
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1937 | Automatic Signals on Litchfield & Madison 3.5 MB |
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1964 | MP interlocking uses solid-state control system 410.9 KB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-10 1.0 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-08 1.2 MB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-08 827.3 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-09 899.1 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1911 | Automatic Signals on the Northern Pacific 6.3 MB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-02 1.4 MB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-06 718.3 KB |
1961 | News Briefs. 1961-07 654.1 KB |
1964 | Kinks 300.7 KB |
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1947 | CTC Saves Train Time on the Pennsylvania 1.5 MB |
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1956 | Release of Locking 3.7 MB |
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1955 | Modern communications essential to efficient railroading 696.7 KB |
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1955 | Yard radio pays its way on the C&O 799.6 KB |
1961 | Railroad Will Pay For CTC Out Of Accrued Savings 842.9 KB |
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1937 | Signal Construction on the Wabash 12.2 MB |
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1952 | CTC Pays Its Way on B&O 733.2 KB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-08 827.3 KB |
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1940 | 11,000-Ft. Coded Track Circuits 13.6 MB |
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1961 | News Briefs. 1961-11 1.3 MB |
1939 | 230 Routes In a Relay Interlocking 2.3 MB |
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1934 | Highway Crossing Protection in England 1.3 MB |
1935 | Mechanical Color Light Signals in England 1.3 MB |
1938 | Relay Interlocking at Leeds 4.3 MB |
1932 | Speed Signaling in England 1.9 MB |
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1934 | Re-Signaling the London North Eastern of England 3.0 MB |
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1965 | Japan, Sweden, England test ATO 6.3 MB |
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1964 | News Briefs. 1964-06 820.5 KB |
1931 | British Report on Automatic Train Control 2.6 MB |
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1931 | British Report on Automatic Train Control 2.6 MB |
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1926 | Four-Aspect Color-Light Signals Installed on English Road 2.8 MB |
1965 | Japan, Sweden, England test ATO 6.3 MB |
1931 | Metropolitan Railway of London Resignaling with Modern Equipment 1.8 MB |
1936 | New Interlocking Machines Abroad 1.3 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-05 742.2 KB |
1964 | News Briefs. 1964-06 820.5 KB |
1934 | Paddington Power Signaling 1.9 MB |
1962 | Toronto Railway Conference – Automatic Train Operation 457.7 KB |
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1934 | Electro-Pneumatic Interlocking on the Long Island 3.8 MB |
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1950 | Increasing Use of Carrier 1.3 MB |
1943 | Long Island Replaces Interlocking Machine 3.4 MB |
1950 | Microwaves on Railroads 1.3 MB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-01 979.5 KB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-02 1.3 MB |
1963 | News Briefs. 1963-04 908.1 KB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-08 753.7 KB |
1939 | Signaling the Pennsylvania to New York World's Fair 4.2 MB |
1952 | Speed Control Installed on the Long Island 1.3 MB |
1923 | Train-Order Signals at Interlockers 3.6 MB |
1955 | How the Great Northern reduces accidents at highway crossings 425.6 KB |
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1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-10 457.3 KB |
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1948 | New Signaling In Texas on Missouri Pacific Lines 1.8 MB |
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1949 | Texas & Pacific New All-Relay Interlocking 4.3 MB |
1944 | Track Circuits on Passing Tracks in CTC Territory 941.8 KB |
1911 | The Staff System on the Southern Pacific 4.0 MB |
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1928 | Obituary: Frank P. Patenall 627.0 KB |
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1939 | Mission Tower Interlocking at Los Angeles 9.2 MB |
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1939 | New Interlocking at Los Angeles 9.6 MB |
1934 | An Electric Interlocking on the Southern Pacific 1.8 MB |
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1935 | Automatic Interlockings of Two Junctions Involving Spring Switches 8.9 MB |
1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
1939 | Mission Tower Interlocking at Los Angeles 9.2 MB |
1939 | New Interlocking at Los Angeles 9.6 MB |
1943 | Pacific Electric Installs a Large All-Relay Interlocking 5.3 MB |
1928 | Pacific Electric Protects Subway Traffic With Signals and Train Stops 2.4 MB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1935 | Safety of High Speed Trains 5.2 MB |
1944 | Santa Fe Installs CTC on 115.6 Miles Los Angeles to San Diego 7.2 MB |
1936 | Street Traffic Signals Controlled by Trains 5.1 MB |
1961 | Loss of Shunt at Automatic Interlockings 195.5 KB |
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1965 | What's the Answer? 1965-07 629.7 KB |
1951 | Single Track with CTC Replaces Double Track on Milwaukee 586.0 KB |
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1910 | Interlocking Laws in the United States and Canada 821.1 KB |
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1923 | CB&Q Installs New Light Signals 4.1 MB |
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1955 | CTC on single and double track 406.8 KB |
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1947 | CTC Down by the Ohio 2.7 MB |
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1937 | Illumination as a Type of Crossing Protection 3.0 MB |
1929 | Manual Block Signals Controlled Remotely on the Big Four 1.1 MB |
1949 | New Interlocking in Louisville 5.3 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-12 618.4 KB |
1937 | Ohio Flood Damages Signaling 9.7 MB |
1941 | Pennsylvania Installs CTC at Louisville, KY 4.9 MB |
1955 | News Briefs. 1955-08 801.6 KB |
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1962 | News Briefs. 1962-04 1.2 MB |
1962 | News Briefs. 1962-03 1.1 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1935 | Obsolescence in Signaling 3.4 MB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
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1913 | New Signaling Across the Great Salt Lake 2.2 MB |
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1913 | New Signaling Across the Great Salt Lake 2.2 MB |
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1947 | Southern Pacific Installs CTC 990.2 KB |
1954 | Wabash Yard Moves Expedited 1.2 MB |
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1949 | A Century of Signal Glass Developments 4.2 MB |
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1956 | Burlington Has Compact Control Machine for Consolidation of 14 Interlockings 11.3 MB |
1955 | Crossing gate protection with indicators for train movements 432.4 KB |
1935 | Letter to the Editor- Comment on Multiple Aspects 1.5 MB |
1950 | Lunar White 419.3 KB |
1935 | Multiple Aspect Signaling 3.3 MB |
1915 | Red as a Danger Indication 283.5 KB |
1937 | Seaboard Utilizes Spring Switches 8.4 MB |
1950 | Spring Switch Signaling 2.5 MB |
1949 | Texas & Pacific New All-Relay Interlocking 4.3 MB |
1950 | CTC on the Reading 6.6 MB |
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1955 | CTC and cab signaling on Union Pacific 789.5 KB |
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1941 | CTC Installed on Norfolk & Western 5.1 MB |
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1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
1965 | News Briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |