LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
Miscellaneous: smj_misc297
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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