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August 8, 1894
The Star
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
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An ingenious automatic device used on Bavaria's state railroads detects and marks track defects by squirting colored liquid upon sensing shocks from flaws, creating marks 1-7 feet long.
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Marking Track Defects.
There are now in use many devices for marking defects in the roadbed or rails of a railway, and of these not the least ingenious is employed on the state railroads of Bavaria. The instrument used, which is placed under the car is so adjusted as to be exceedingly sensitive to jars or percussion, and is fitted with a receptacle containing a red or blue liquid. The apparatus works automatically, and its action is based on the fact that every depression or break in a line of track causes a shock of greater or less intensity in a car passing over it. Whenever a shock exceeds a certain degree of intensity a squirting device is brought into operation, and the colored liquid is projected over the roadbed, leaving a tell-tale mark of from one to seven feet in length, according to the nature of the flaw.
-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There are now in use many devices for marking defects in the roadbed or rails of a railway, and of these not the least ingenious is employed on the state railroads of Bavaria. The instrument used, which is placed under the car is so adjusted as to be exceedingly sensitive to jars or percussion, and is fitted with a receptacle containing a red or blue liquid. The apparatus works automatically, and its action is based on the fact that every depression or break in a line of track causes a shock of greater or less intensity in a car passing over it. Whenever a shock exceeds a certain degree of intensity a squirting device is brought into operation, and the colored liquid is projected over the roadbed, leaving a tell-tale mark of from one to seven feet in length, according to the nature of the flaw.
-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What keywords are associated?
Track Defects
Marking Device
Bavaria Railroads
Automatic Squirting
Colored Liquid
Where did it happen?
State Railroads Of Bavaria
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Location
State Railroads Of Bavaria
Story Details
Automatic instrument under railway car detects shocks from track defects and squirts red or blue liquid to mark flaws with 1-7 foot tell-tale stains based on severity.