Railway Signalling Mechanical and Automatic - Brossura

Raynar Wilson, Francis

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798620972111

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2020

Riassunto

This volume is an omnibus edition of two books by Francis Raynar Wilson, namely "Railway Signalling : Mechanical" and "Railway Signalling : Automatic." These books were published in the early 1920's not only to enlighten and educate railwaymen, students and others, as stated on the title pages of both, but also in part to gratify the wish of Francis to emulate his father Henry Raynar Wilson. Raynar Wilson senior was the signal superintendent of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, having moved there from the Midland Railway, and he published his first book in May 1900, with the title "Railway Signalling." Almost directly as an outcome of this, he was invited to join the Hall Signal Company, which at that time was developing automatic signalling and track circuiting. The second edition of "Railway Signalling," under the revised title "Mechanical Railway Signalling," appeared in 1904. He remained with Hall's for four years, but early in 1905 became a technical journalist, largely as the result of an offer made by The Engineer, for whom he wrote many articles on signalling. In 1905 he represented the journal at the International Railway Congress in Washington, and thus established connections and friendships which endured to the end of his life, and which he was able to pass on to his son Francis. In 1908 he published the second of his books, "Power Railway Signalling," which together with "Mechanical Railway Signalling," have become recognised as railway classics and standard works on their subjects. When attempting to follow in his father's footsteps, Francis found it difficult to obtain a position in the signal department of any British railway, or gainful employment with any of the British private signalling contractors, at a time when it was thought that new signalling developments were at an end and employment was stagnant. Accordingly, he emigrated to Australia and took up residence in Melbourne, in the State of Victoria. Here he was successful in obtaining an appointment as assistant engineer in the signalling department of the Victorian Government Railways. Having thus been enabled to emulate his father's career in signalling, he turned to writing. The two books he authored, with the titles mentioned above and which form the present omnibus volume, were arguably not in the same class as the notable works of his father. Nevertheless they are worth reading in order to gain an insight into the state of railway signalling in the second decade of the twentieth century, and it is hoped that modern readers, in the age of electronics and computer control, will find them interesting and enlightening – just as Francis intended.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798620972111
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Redattore: Roberts Gordon
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