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A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right Animated diagram of a right-hand railroad switch. Rail track A divides into two: track B (the straight track) and track C (the diverging track); note that the green line represents direction of travel only, the black lines represent fixed portions of track, and the red lines depict the moving components.
Patented a street letter box, and operating street railway switches. Philip B. Downing (1857-1934) was an African American inventor from Providence, Rhode Island . He is known for his most significant invention, the operating street railway switch.
William Robinson was born in Ireland on November 22, 1840. [1]: 59 He came to the United States as a boy and lived in Brooklyn, New York for much of his adult life.[2]He received his B.A. degree in 1865 and his M.A. degree in 1868 from Wesleyan University.
His invention of a train braking system using compressed air revolutionized the railroad industry around the world. He founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in 1869. [1] He and his engineers also developed track-switching and signaling systems, which lead to the founding of the company Union Switch & Signal in 1881.
Abt switch used in 1895 built Dresden Funicular Railway (photo of 1985) Cross section of rails and wheels used in Abt switch. Abt switch is a railroad switch system invented by Carl Roman Abt. It is widely used in funicular railways. Railway vehicles used in the Abt switch don't have wheels with one flange as in ordinary railways, but instead ...
One of his inventions is the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of the induction telegraph that relied on ambient static electricity from existing telegraph lines to send messages between train stations and moving trains. [3] Granville T. Woods invented and patented Tunnel Construction for the electric railroad system ...
The wagons were guided by the pronounced flange on the wooden wheels, and the narrow gauge of 480 mm (18 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) allowed the points to be altered by swinging the single switch rail. [1] Contemporary illustration of guided truck used in 16th-century mines in Germany Reconstruction of flat wooden track for transporting silver ore; guidance ...
The first North American automatic train stop system for the Boston Elevated Railway was introduced in 1901 by Union Switch and Signal Company. [2] The first unmanned driving test on rail tracks was conducted in Berlin, Germany, in 1928 near the Krumme Lanke station.