Whitewash coach of Great Western Railway has become regular piece of apparatus for inspection of road; track is tested by means of specially equipped coach, used as track indicator; behavior of coach is recorded by means of Hallade recorder; when "riding" of coach is disturbed more than predetermined amount, specially designed electric apparatus opens valve, and whitewash is deposited on track, thus marking position at which disturbance took place. (See also Engineer vol. 152, no. 3941, July 24, 1931 p. 101, 3 figs) (on p. 214)
"Whitewash" coach
Ry. Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 55 , n 7
1931
5 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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