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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

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Photograph showing the Railophone system installed in a purpose built timber signal box

Photograph showing the Railophone system installed in a purpose built timber signal box. Later modifications included the remote application of the brakes to avoid potential collisions. However the Great War and the fact that the inventor was German put paid to future experiments. This system was the forerunner to the Automatic Train Control used today.

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