2 edition of All-electric automatic power signalling on the Metropolitan railway. found in the catalog.
All-electric automatic power signalling on the Metropolitan railway.
William Willox
Published
1922
by The Institution in (London
.
Written in
| The Physical Object | |
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| Pagination | (27) l : |
| Number of Pages | 27 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL20733121M |
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The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met [note 1]) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from toits main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.
Its first line connected the main-line railway termini at Paddington, Euston, and King's Cross to the Track circuits allow railway signalling systems to operate semi-automatically, by displaying signals for trains to slow down or stop in the presence of occupied track ahead of them. They help prevent dispatchers and operators from causing accidents, both by informing them of track occupancy and by preventing signals from displaying unsafe › 百度文库 › 语言/资格考试.
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