The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-25
RAILROAD WORLD.

The Southern railway is establishing block signal system over the entire west ern district. and the work of installing the improvements Is progressing as rap idly as possible. At the same time the road is putting in interlocking derailihg swithces on this district
 Already the block signal system has been installed between Ooltewah, Tenn. and Citico, Knoxville and Morristown, and Austell and Atlanta, and in the near future the system will be installed be- tween Ooltewah and Knoxville, Morris town and Asheyille. Austell and Corona, Ooltewah and Austell and Atlana and Macon By the end of this year over 800 miles of the western dis rict will DO equipped with the block signal system.
 The nterlocking derail will be put in at every switch on the main line and inn portant side tracks on the western dis trict It will require about 5000 of these switches, and the Southern is equipping each of the six divisions in the western district with about 100 of them annually. It will require about five years to com pletely equip the district.
 These interlocking derails are so ar ranged that no freight car or train on a siding can run into the main track and "sideswipe" a fast passenger train. Ac-
  but with the interlocking switch they are impossible. The swith is so arranged that when eyer the main line switch is closed any cars or trains that break loose on the siding will be ditched and kept away from the main line.
 Frequently cars )n sidirg will grai- tally work their way on the main line and cause a serious accident, or the rear of a train will not be pulled clear of the main line and fast passenger train will not be pulled clear of the main line and a fast passenger train will side swipe" 1t and result in a wreck. With the new switch this is an impossibility.
 E. MeElvane night chief dispatcher of the Birmingham division of the Southern railway, has been appointed trainmaster of the Mobile division, with headquar- ters in Selma F. J. Eagan, superintendent of the Mobile division. announced the change while in the city yesterday.
 MT. McElvane has been with the South ern in Birmingham only a short time, but he has shown so much ability that his promotion was rapid He has, how ever. been with the system number of years in other places. He has a large number of friends in Birmingham who will be glad to learn of his promotion. His successor has not been named.
 The Seaboard mas announced change in the schedule of it's passenger trains, effective the first of the month. Train No 32, which leaves Birmingham for Att lanta at 6:90 a. m. will leave fifteen min utes later at 6;S5 o'clock and will reach Atlanta at 11:45 o'clock. Train No. 3S, which leaves Birmingham at 4;10 D. m.. will leave at 2:l0 D. m., and will reach Atlanta at TAO D. m., making direct con nection there with No. 3S for New York By leaving on that train passengers can reach New York the second morning at e:s0 o'clock.
 Train No. 33 will leave Atlanta for Br- mingham at 355 o'clock and win arrive in Birmingham at 9:10 o'clock instead of 1925 o'clock. as at present, Train No. s1 will leave Atlanta at a. m. and will reach Birmingham at 1:3O p. m.
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