410-mi project on Northern Pacific between Dilworth, Minn, and Glendive, Mont, includes independent radio transmitter-receiver stations on both ends of 13 diesel electric locomotives and 35 cabooses, for end-to-end communication on all through freight trains on four subdivisions involved; minimizes delays caused by hot boxes, brake riggings down, trains stalled in snow or flooded tracks. (see also Ry Signaling and Communications v 45 n 5, 6 May 1952 p 316-21, June p 395-400)
Northern Pacific installs two-channel train and wayside radio
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 132 , n 18
1952
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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