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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.
1961 | Trainmen Read Hotbox Locator 1.1 MB |
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1954 | Wabash Yard Moves Expedited 1.2 MB |
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1962 | 1962 outlook 3.0 MB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-08 811.5 KB |
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1911 | Automatic Signals on the Northern Pacific 7.2 MB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-09 879.4 KB |
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1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-06 989.1 KB |
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1937 | New Automatics on the C&O 5.0 MB |
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1928 | Pennsylvania Installs an Interlocking Without Derails 2.3 MB |
1960 | British open new class yard 240.4 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-10 461.7 KB |
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1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1935 | New Signaling on the Boston & Maine 9.9 MB |
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1932 | Miniature Signal System a Hobby 606.4 KB |
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1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1961 | News briefs. 1961-04 1.5 MB |
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1936 | Replacing Semaphores With Position Light Signals On the Norfolk & Western 7.9 MB |
1960 | Signaling enters automation 630.6 KB |
1949 | Milwaukee Installs Automatic Block 8.2 MB |
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1935 | Centralized Traffic Control Installed on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 12.9 MB |
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1959 | P&LE installs multiple track CTC 1.1 MB |
1941 | Interlocking and Automatic Signals on the Alton 3.0 MB |
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1965 | News briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
1943 | A Review of 1942 2.9 MB |
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1943 | Accident Involves Signaling 1.0 MB |
1943 | Some Benefits of the War 780.5 KB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-02 981.5 KB |
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1937 | Warning Time With Crossing Gates 1.3 MB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-03 790.6 KB |
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1937 | Signaling Eliminates Platform Maintenance 3.9 MB |
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1917 | New Interlocking Plant in Milwaukee 1.2 MB |
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1912 | New Scheme of Interurban Automatic Signaling 1.9 MB |
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1913 | The Union’s Signaling Exhibition Room 1.5 MB |
1944 | Centennial of Morse Telegraph 6.6 MB |
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1935 | Coded Track Circuit Signaling on the Pennsylvania 9.8 MB |
1909 | Electric interlocking at C St. and Delaware Ave., Washington, DC 1.4 MB |
1938 | Pennsylvania Electrification Signaling 5.3 MB |
1946 | Reverse Running on the Pennsylvania 2.8 MB |
1935 | Safety of High Speed Trains 5.2 MB |
1951 | Signal Modernization Program on the RF&P 1.0 MB |
1935 | Signaling for Higher Train Speeds 3.0 MB |
1944 | St. Louis-San Francisco Installs Centralized Traffic Control 1.1 MB |
1908 | The Electro-Pneumatic Signal and Interlocking System at the New Union Station, Washington, DC 4.5 MB |
1926 | Train Control Progress in 1925 3.1 MB |
1961 | News briefs. 1961-07 648.9 KB |
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1936 | New Interlocking Machines Abroad 1.3 MB |
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1933 | Automatic Interlocking in Train Control Territory 2.3 MB |
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1942 | Automatic Signal Program on the Illinois Central 4.6 MB |
1926 | Train Control Progress in 1925 3.1 MB |
1926 | Train Stop Without Permissive Wayside Signals Used on IC 3.5 MB |
1962 | News briefs. 1962-03 1.1 MB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-01 986.8 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-07 494.2 KB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-01 535.9 KB |
1925 | Division Train Control Installation on C&EI Approved by ICC 2.9 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-11 875.5 KB |
1961 | News briefs. 1961-03 1.0 MB |
1962 | News briefs. 1962-09 829.8 KB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-09 756.9 KB |
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1954 | Automatic Gates Increase Safety 3.2 MB |
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1936 | North Western Installs Automatic Gates 15.9 MB |
1949 | 192 Miles of Automatic Block On Soo Line 6.0 MB |
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1950 | Bootleg Risers and Bonds 2.1 MB |
1963 | News briefs. 1963-10 497.4 KB |
1952 | Soo Line Completes Signaling on 260 Miles of Single Track 737.7 KB |
1936 | New Interlocking Machines Abroad 1.3 MB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1958 | DL&W-Erie joint operation is ready to go 643.6 KB |
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1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
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1954 | This Automatic Block Is Different 3.3 MB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1936 | Accident in Automatic Block Signal Territory 4.7 MB |
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1944 | Light-Type Signals Installed on the Reading 6.3 MB |
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1934 | New Signaling on the Reading 631.4 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-11 1.2 MB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
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1915 | First Position Light Signal Installation 580.6 KB |
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1947 | CTC Has Long Sidings With Signals on the Santa Fe 2.1 MB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-01 986.8 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1951 | Pennsylvania Exhibits Speed Control 512.5 KB |
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1950 | Train Signals for Highway Crossings 1.4 MB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-03 1.9 MB |
1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1965 | News briefs. 1965-05 1.4 MB |
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1943 | Electric Interlocking Installed On IC 12.8 MB |
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1961 | News briefs. 1961-12 978.0 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-01 986.8 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
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1935 | New Interlocking in the Chicago Loop 4.0 MB |
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1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
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1946 | ICC 50-MPH Signal Hearing 6.9 MB |
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1959 | Santa Fe CTCs double track line 2.2 MB |
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1925 | Signaling of Paired Track Operation 1.3 MB |
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1959 | P&LE installs multiple track CTC 1.1 MB |
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1926 | Directing Trains By Signals 1.9 MB |
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1958 | DL&W-Erie joint operation is ready to go 643.6 KB |
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1925 | Excellent Results for 35 Years on Burlington 1.5 MB |
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1965 | News briefs. 1965-07 788.2 KB |
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1916 | Some Examples of Early Signaling 351.5 KB |
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1947 | Annual Review and Outlook 425.1 KB |
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1925 | Color-Light Signals on C&NW 6.9 MB |
1950 | Longest Continuous Double-Track CTC Is on North Western 5.1 MB |
1922 | Train Control on the C&NW 824.8 KB |
1935 | New Signaling on the Boston & Maine 9.9 MB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1953 | Remote Control Interlockings Improve Terminal Operation 551.4 KB |
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1927 | Michigan Central Train Control Approved 800.8 KB |
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1955 | CTC enables P&LE to remove fourth main track 515.3 KB |
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1925 | Multiple Track Operation by Signal Indication 2.7 MB |
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1954 | New Wayside and Cab Signaling 753.2 KB |
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1958 | One track does work of two 521.4 KB |
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1965 | News briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1954 | New Wayside and Cab Signaling 753.2 KB |
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1937 | APB, Remote Control, and CTC on the Baltimore & Ohio 11.9 MB |
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1946 | W. M. Post retires 932.3 KB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-12 981.5 KB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1965 | News briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
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1915 | First Position Light Signal Installation 580.6 KB |
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1947 | CTC Down by the Ohio 2.7 MB |
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1959 | Burlington installs modified CTC 1.0 MB |
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1928 | Centralized Control on Burlington Saves $16,200 a Year 2.4 MB |
1916 | William Robinson, Inventor of the Track Circuit 373.1 KB |
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1958 | One track does work of two 521.4 KB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-02 981.5 KB |
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1966 | News briefs. 1966-01 1.4 MB |
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1959 | Signaling moderate during '58 528.6 KB |
1950 | Route Type Interlocking on New York Subway 8.7 MB |
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1947 | Burlington Uses Radio on Switchers 909.1 KB |
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1947 | Choice of Interlocking Control Machines 266.5 KB |
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1958 | Interlocking saves time and money for the Belt Railway of Chicago 2.0 MB |
1938 | B&OCT Installs Route Interlocking 8.9 MB |
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1938 | Milwaukee Rehabilitates Large Plant 8.0 MB |
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1937 | Broken Rails 1.1 MB |
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1936 | Flood Damage to Signaling 5.0 MB |
1951 | Modern Interlocking on the Norfolk & Western 710.2 KB |
1963 | News briefs. 1963-10 497.4 KB |
1935 | Preventing Unnecessary Operation of Highway-Railroad Crossing Signals 4.3 MB |
1936 | Railroads Clean Up After Flood Waters 33.3 MB |
1937 | Rehabilitating Flooded Signaling 1.4 MB |
1945 | Signal Training on the Western Maryland 617.4 KB |
1945 | Teaching the Meaning of Signal Aspects 431.7 KB |
1947 | Annual Review and Outlook 425.1 KB |
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1950 | Centralized Train Dispatching 1.4 MB |
1956 | CTC Locking 2.2 MB |
1935 | Depression Operation of Interlocking 2.6 MB |
1931 | Efficiency Tests 1.9 MB |
1954 | Electric Interlocking on the Rio Grande 3.4 MB |
1962 | Electric Switch Lamp Lighting Helps Reduce Operating Expense 661.7 KB |
1947 | How Low Is a Dwarf? 438.7 KB |
1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
1950 | Increasing Use of Carrier 1.3 MB |
1956 | Main Track Leaving Signal 2.2 MB |
1950 | Modern Signaling Systems On Western Pacific 16.1 MB |
1961 | News briefs. 1961-08 851.8 KB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-04 1.3 MB |
1939 | Rock Detector Protection on the Western Pacific 2.1 MB |
1934 | Signal Aspects at an Automatic Interlocking Plant 1.2 MB |
1947 | Territories Involved in the ICC Signaling Order 388.2 KB |
1950 | Train Signals for Highway Crossings 1.4 MB |
1955 | What's the Answer? CTC Into Service 409.5 KB |
1958 | What's the answer? CTC locking 269.2 KB |
1960 | What’s the answer? Snow shields 224.6 KB |
1950 | Increasing Use of Carrier 1.3 MB |
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1958 | RS&C 50th anniversary: Railroad communications ... from Morse to microwave 3.3 MB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-04 1.3 MB |
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1965 | Rhodesia has 1215 miles of CTC 949.2 KB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-04 1.3 MB |
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1916 | William Robinson, Inventor of the Track Circuit 373.1 KB |
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1915 | Extension of New Haven signals 684.8 KB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-02 995.4 KB |
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1960 | Crossings are safer after 10 years 454.4 KB |
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1959 | North Western installs automatic gates at nine crossings 699.9 KB |
1951 | Remote Control Interlocking Coordinates Train Movements 922.4 KB |
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1950 | CTC Installed on 128 Miles of NKP 12.1 MB |
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1947 | New Interlocking at Bellevue, Ohio Protects Crossings of Four Railroads 997.9 KB |
1947 | Territories Involved in the ICC Signaling Order 388.2 KB |
1947 | ICC Signal Hearings 179.7 KB |
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1952 | Soo Line Completes Signaling on 260 Miles of Single Track 737.7 KB |
1956 | B&O Crossings 4.3 MB |
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1932 | Centralized Traffic Control Installed on the Baltimore & Ohio 4.3 MB |
1961 | News briefs. 1961-07 648.9 KB |
1937 | Ohio Flood Damages Signaling 9.7 MB |
1959 | Signaling: 1960 225.2 KB |
1912 | New Single Track Signals on the Lake Shore 283.2 KB |
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1958 | Six editors in 50 years 253.5 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-06 989.1 KB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-11 1.4 MB |
1962 | EJ&E Uses Tone Coding to Get Systems on One RF Channel 562.3 KB |
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1950 | Flood Detectors on the Katy 2.7 MB |
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1949 | Signaling Adapted to Traffic On the Rock Island 5.2 MB |
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1965 | GCPs can be used for various types of grade crossings 374.6 KB |
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1937 | Changes on the New York Central Lines 2.3 MB |
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1916 | New York Central and Pennsylvania Change Colors 220.3 KB |
1940 | Personal: Changes on the New York Central 2.2 MB |
1935 | Wig Wags Approved for PWA Projects 1.4 MB |
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1959 | Santa Fe CTCs double track line 2.2 MB |
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1927 | NYC First to Install Complete Train Dispatching System 8.0 MB |
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1925 | Signaling at the Age of Maturity 2.0 MB |
1911 | Symbols and Nomenclature for Written Circuits 2.3 MB |
1925 | Train Operation by Signal Indication on Burlington for 14 Years 679.2 KB |
1947 | Medals Awarded by Franklin Institute 236.3 KB |
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1951 | A History of Flashing-Light Crossing Signals- What They Are and Why 570.5 KB |
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1917 | Wigwag signals on an Electric Line 239.2 KB |
1946 | Remote Control and Reverse Running on the Erie 3.2 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-01 1.1 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-03 1.9 MB |
1935 | Great Western Constructs Automatic Interlocking 6.8 MB |
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1961 | News briefs. 1961-07 648.9 KB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-03 790.6 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1961 | Santa Fe Signals New Main Line 913.2 KB |
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1916 | AC Signaling in the Centre Street Loop 924.9 KB |
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1960 | CTC signals clear automatically 1.1 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-05 1.0 MB |
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1925 | Train Operation by Signal Indications – Especially by Cab Signals 1.3 MB |
1957 | GN CTC's 175 miles of mainline 635.9 KB |
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1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
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1922 | Signal Construction on the Santa Fe 797.6 KB |
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1951 | More Signal Construction in 1950 1.0 MB |
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1947 | CTC Extension on the Boston & Maine 792.3 KB |
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1954 | Automatic Gates Increase Safety 3.2 MB |
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1935 | New Signaling on the Route of the C&NW "400" 9.6 MB |
1935 | Signaling for Higher Train Speeds 3.0 MB |
1916 | William Robinson, Inventor of the Track Circuit 373.1 KB |
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1935 | Coded Track Circuit Signaling on the Pennsylvania 9.8 MB |
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1933 | Signaling on the Pennsylvania's Electrified Line 3.6 MB |
1962 | DM&IR Consolidates CTC Control Miles 384.7 KB |
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1959 | News briefs. 1959-05 506.5 KB |
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1936 | Remote Control on the Pennsylvania 14.5 MB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-05 1.0 MB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-07 494.2 KB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-04 889.2 KB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-02 981.5 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-01 2.0 MB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-02 1.9 MB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-08 742.1 KB |
1957 | Elevation causes signal changes 893.2 KB |
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1955 | New Cleveland Transit System 917.8 KB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-07 494.2 KB |
1944 | CTC On 185 Miles on Canadian National 12.3 MB |
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1951 | Single-Track With CTC Handles 40 Trains Daily 530.8 KB |
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1950 | Neon Lighting For Crossing Gate Arms 3.1 MB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-10 497.4 KB |
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1964 | News briefs. 1964-02 981.5 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
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1947 | ICC Holds Signal Hearing 507.5 KB |
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1941 | Automatics Installed on North Shore 1.6 MB |
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1915 | A Half-Interlocking Plant on the Canadian Northern 1.6 MB |
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1962 | Computer Simulation of CTC 220.3 KB |
1947 | ICC Signal Hearings 179.7 KB |
1955 | News briefs. 1955-08 830.4 KB |
1961 | News briefs. 1961-02 1.4 MB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-01 535.9 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-10 1.1 MB |
1958 | Nine layouts in one interlocking 1.7 MB |
1959 | Signaling moderate during '58 528.6 KB |
1937 | Switch Indicators Serve as Interlocking Control Devices 5.6 MB |
1962 | Toronto Railway Conference – Automatic Train Operation 448.4 KB |
1962 | News briefs. 1962-01 986.8 KB |
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1965 | Midwest RRs fight the weather 914.4 KB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-03 1.9 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-05 1.0 MB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-02 981.5 KB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-04 1.3 MB |
1964 | News briefs. 1964-10 768.6 KB |
1960 | Signaling enters automation 630.6 KB |
1926 | Signal Business Is Good Especially For Single Track 382.3 KB |
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1951 | Modern Interlocking on the Norfolk & Western 710.2 KB |
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1950 | CTC Extended on the Rio Grande 4.4 MB |
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1918 | Record Snowstorms Paralyze Transportation 424.7 KB |
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1918 | Preparation For Winter On a Busy Terminal 273.8 KB |
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1948 | Gates at Three Crossings on Soo Line 1.8 MB |
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1947 | ICC Signal Hearings 179.7 KB |
1947 | Railroads Request Relief from the ICC Signal Order 365.7 KB |
1952 | Soo Line Completes Signaling on 260 Miles of Single Track 737.7 KB |
1947 | Territories Involved in the ICC Signaling Order 388.2 KB |
1960 | What’s the answer? Automatic OS 354.1 KB |
1937 | Remote Control on the Pennsylvania 5.2 MB |
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1962 | News briefs. 1962-10 461.7 KB |
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1929 | Pennsylvania Installs APB Signaling on 86 Miles 3.7 MB |
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1944 | CTC Speeds Ore Traffic On the DM&IR 4.6 MB |
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1910 | Construction Crew on the CM&StP 420.8 KB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-10 1.8 MB |
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1960 | News briefs. 1960-11 875.5 KB |
1944 | Light-Type Signals Installed on the Reading 6.3 MB |
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1916 | Reconstruction of New Haven Signals 315.5 KB |
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1915 | Extension of New Haven signals 684.8 KB |
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1963 | News briefs. 1963-11 1.4 MB |
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1958 | Improved signaling results from grade elimination 883.1 KB |
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1943 | A Review of 1942 2.9 MB |
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1942 | Railroad Signals Go to War 11.4 MB |
1942 | Signal Aspects During Blackouts 2.2 MB |
1942 | Signal Lights In War 755.6 KB |
1943 | Some Benefits of the War 780.5 KB |
1945 | The Post-War Importance of Signaling 522.0 KB |
1941 | War on the British Railways 986.3 KB |
1965 | News briefs. 1965-07 788.2 KB |
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1958 | Special combinations of single-track and two-track replace double track on the Southern 960.9 KB |
1935 | Crossing Bells at Flasher Signals 1.9 MB |
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1940 | Obituary: Leroy Wyant 1.0 MB |
1958 | News briefs. 1958-01 1.8 MB |
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1935 | Signaling for Higher Train Speeds 3.0 MB |
1953 | The North Western Installs Automatic Train-Stop System 3.5 MB |