Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-24
FASHION HINTS CTOp, IOOkl LISTEN!
A TALK WITH THE SIGNALMAN

"Jow about the single track 80
automatic. arrangement IS tne s@'
there is signal aa &C ea Thing e for train
70 anter a single track at one CIV ~.
the same instant another enters ~
opposite end? What then -, oara ~
''Yes-but we have tna at, 'a through the
SioneI talks only to the train Denlm i,C
ON the single track 1t not oiiS oonas
back, but also to one wnlch may mis- "a
ing from the opposite olrec c9aJ,nine from
done by the current overlapping - orA
one block TO the next. BEFORE lno
trance to a single-track block - ,,a CO.
the train sets a stop slgnal a. ontar
end of the block it is apout eIso sets
And as it enters the block II also sei 70
the entrance signal to stop, just as Is
done on double-track. roxa he
GLOW does an engineer know before ne ne
sees the home arm what II VIZ 49, , half
1--WE put up another signal from d nan
mile to a mile from the entrance "
block-in the direction from when ate
train approaches 1t is cailed Dls Us ~
The ore at the entrance Is s Gaaieu the
Home signal The distant Indicates the
position of home signal see! 80 +ha
as the distant distinguished from the
home signal to aid the engineer
yes, the Distant is pai9 9o yei nuS:
the Home red with white bar anu
square end"
"You said a while ago the stop signal
is displayed only when something occurs
Anything but trains occur?
feature of the outfit, and the principal
reason why the arm is made SO tnaI
when left to itself it will stay nrnily
at stop AS it is constructed it cannot
show anything but STOP unless ent e mape
combination of rails wire, current, mag
net etc. are working perfectly II
wire parts, a rail breaks, battery fails,
a switch point opens the slightest, tnen
II. Got f1on arm
and resumes horizontal position: the en-
gineer knows you see when signal says
stop; there may be a train, an open
switch, break in the track or IN the
signaling apparatus.
what is done at night, when the
semaphore arm cannot be seen?
Lights of several colors are used on
these same posts. These are seen through
of the arm, and displayed and OBJ
scured, according to the signal"
''Why the name SpectacleY
"That's what it is. The light is white
eight-day lamp. 1t will burn eight days
without replenishing, although all lamps
are refilled every four or five days. When
the home signal is in stop position, the
glass. That's STOP and it is used only
in the home signals. If distant signal
is at caution he sees through yellow
glass. Yellow is used only in the distant
signal 1t tells the engineer it is the
distant, and to be prepared to stop at
the home signal. He may see through
green glass; That means proceed and
is used in both home and distant signal"
what does a white light mean?"
'Well, it is so easy to have we don't
dare use it. AS white light on a sema-
phore can be displayed by breaking spec
tacle glasses, you can understand why
it is impossible in our scheme"
''How about places where two or more
lines cross at grader"
''The general principle, movements of
arm by day. and colors of light at night,
are the same, but being greatly compli-
Gated all signals are controlled by levers
operated by men from a central station.
The crossing and contiguous tracks are
governed by the Interlocking system.
when in perfect order and unoccu-
pied it displays stop to every track APP
preaching the crossing. The block. you