Railway signaling and toll cable practise

To be Discussed by Communication Group of New York Section The next meeting of the Communication Group of the New York Section will consider two distinct topics of interest to communication engineers. The first paper will be entitled “Modern Trends of Long Distance Cable Construction” and will be presented by C. W. Nystrom, General Outside Plant Engineer for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company at St. Louis. Mr. Nystrom will tell of experiences with the new type tapearmoured toll cable, buried directly in the ground without ducts or conduits, the laying of which has been recently completed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The talk will be illustrated. The second speaker will be A. H. Rudd, Chief Signal Engineer, Pennsylvania Railroad whose paper is entitled “Railway Signaling and Train Control.”