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by tipooia \ train o,'er the 110'1\" Hne.. tl
tllilway Qmcia.ls and olhen int:er~
ad"anLago of Um im'it.at.ioll ()f tho
the two compUllir' to inspect. the
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Rai lway, is the IPtopcrty of 't l~e brake blocks arc of

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r.l\' c rp~1 Street" Tho tot,,1
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fr om Wood Lan,e heiul: 4t miles. Ty";
, 'Platfurms have boon built. a.t Wood Lan'-1
a rid th~ro is 8. ll(lW station ... at. East J,.c~m,
which atrordiJ the choorful view of ma.ny II(1W
h Olism in OOUniO of erection. 'l1he line <mdM at.
Eating" Broudway. at.. a. 8t a.tion which :is situated
aud i8 oonne.c~d with ' the. MlsT.iag

tJio Great Westqrn a.nd

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WIU! opened to public tmffc on
: \H..-dt.d:.lJ'B t.he t.railloS will nlD at
int.cn;a.ls from 6 ' a}n. to B p.m:,
Witll n. fl(tlllQwlll~t reduced IlCr;V ICO liP to mid·
night.. On Sundll-:y th'Q rc will be a 15+l miilUte
scr\'ioo from 6 a.m. t.o 11.30 p.m.
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Extension on t.ho V.E, R.
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credit on the ~1ta.riT
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'file DC"
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1>y I Mr. \ V. W , G rlCl'6On,
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Engineer of tho Gnmt Woaf..ern Rallway, and
tb~ impor Mnt tMk of ehx:Lrificatlon "M on· '
t ruisted to Mr. Roger T. Smith, Pr081dont ~L
t.h~ InstitutKm of E lectricl\.l Engiopers,.
M"I.O.E., and M:embl'c dee Ingc nieul'6 Civillll de +
F4nce. T he eignalling. whieh ifJ tbrOO-poBitioll
au~ma:.tic. has boon carrie d out to t ho plallti •
ana under Ule direction of Mr. A . T . Blackali,

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o l)Cr llt.fng on the' . Cent.ral l.ondon Railway,
llu.mely, what. ie known- as t.he throo rn.il prin· · M .l.C.E.
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the l::reat Western CoI11Pa.ny's JXlwer hoWlO at
, P ark ·Royal. The tillpply fr om tho power hpuse at. the: ' Holborn Restau.rant., pr<'6ided over, by C•t

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as t Iree phase at. 6,600 volts, and this trana- Viecou::lt Churc lill . 'l'hero 'were
fo rmed and Coll~ert.ea Lo 000 volt.e D.C" at ' Old Lord Goorl:e Bf
' milton , LQru B.,,,:,nj,nr,' ,
l Oak Comri1Qn sub:-etationl5, r here t.he supply Farrer, Lord S a.rt of
I to the lin~ ia giVe-II . . In addittO'n to & 8upply for , Pa'Ip:aer, Bart.. i Sir H erbert ~~,'::':'r"oL;::':;;"
. tro.c~ioPJ pur po6eS · a sine-Ie phase lupply at 460 General Sir PHilip Nash, and
volts i.e provided fo r the e lectric signu.lIing officials 9f the IGreatr W eBtern
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Tho working of the t.rairu; ~is;6<\-fCiua.rdod by E. Bolter (Secr etary), !tIr. A,
tho provision of autema-tic fSi~nlalline, the 'lin!) (solicitor), M r. ~ w. 'N . Griorson
being d jvi.;\oo in~~tion6. eigl~t',on the down. ~nd MCIlJ.l'$. ' W L. Monckton, C',
road an~ nine on the up rooo,""tne lonli<Â¥>t IiCO- ~ger T. Smitll, G, F. BaxRli , 'A~.'-J~p!:"~~','~:
tion being 'about 1,100 yards, t hU$ enabling a ,R. J. Insell, C. B. J acoba. S. J
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run ,,)hon. Deces6li.ry.
There o.re 'three signal . V.iecount.·' Churohill pr{)posed ..
to the
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'l'~e Wood Leno Junction lIignal ' box
c"t Service," add 'i:'a~ crcdit. to t he enginOOl'6
controls 1\ fly-over ' junction :tnectine- tho' or gett.ing ~he Iino in we rkini or~r 80 Soon
West London and Weost. T.lOndo n
tension LinGs aiter the war. Reforring to r ecent criticiSm,
to Add i80n Road and Clapham unction ' wit h I he said t h's t 6v~ry , man 'in tho iailway world
the E. and. S.B. Railway. '.rhe sie- a.l box :worke 'land tho Mi niaf.f M 'l'ra.n.aport was <lOin&, his
tile facing point6 of tho iun~tion meclHwicaJly . iboet in difficul circu'rnstanoes , to epsure the
and electrica.llY controls the Deceasary ' signals 18UCccas of our' transporL, and, ~it}j forbear.\ .' for the protec~ion of the iuqct.ion . \ The North a.nee on t he part of the Rublic and ltho good. ;
Acton 1Jign:r-1 box controls t ho junction between will of t:he worlters, he. a.nticipated tllat.' before !
tho Baling and Shephard's Bush line and the many' yea.re we~ should get back: to l the g'9Od
Great WOIil:.ern direct. line th BirnYngham.
times of the prt\-w~ .p4Â¥od .
For eodfomicill working the. ioor·locking
J,.ord George Hamilton" otiaid that if they piled
appe.ratudll'equiroo for the'[ new t erminus of up ohargea on' !any one indU8try b~YOi1d the
tho Ealing:' a.nd -Shepherd'at Bu$ ~ilway ill endura:rice of 't.hJl.t in'dU6try Somebody h1ad got
opera.ted 'from t.ho District Company's signal uI pay, a nd th~ people who b ad .to · '
bax, and is of t~ ~Iectro-pnollmatic type~ there th-o public. I Irt ') regard to
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being Gix few of points. An 8.ign·a~ are of tho public
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three-posit(ion," typo worked in_ the upper quad- crOMKld
'-...rant, whioh. are oontrolled by alternating cq.r- alone
rent track circuits, 'llho wor k! h as boon carried. oould pay ,·nc.·e~..o
out. by tho McKenzio R olland and .W{)6tjng~ J or th~ other,
house Power Signo.lIing Co., under the direction t hink .. over'this
of the ' Signal EDgineor of 1\:H'I Great Weet.ern would produce
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