About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0594
  • TitleSafety device
  • SummaryCaption: "Safety device--At open hearing on Long Island Rail Road safety problems in Federal Court, Frank H. Simon, general manager of the road, left, demonstrates how automatic train-stop trippers planned for Brooklyn branch operate, with help of assistant, Dominick Marciari. Top half is attached to car and linked to brake system. Bottom half is tripper attached to track and designed to set brakes if there is a train in block ahead."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jan 11, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSafety appliances -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Railroads: LIRR: Safety