ELECTRIC TRAINS CAN BE OPERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL VIA RADIO
New York City (JFK+50) On March 21, 1925, Associated Press reports "it is now possible to operate electric trains by radio from a control central office."
This was the announcement made last evening by G.Y. Allen of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Mr. Allen was speaking to the New York Railroad Club.
He said...
"It is entirely feasible to start a train without a crew, run it at full speed over clear tracks, slow it down or stop it...by signals of an automatic system."
SOURCE
"Electric Trains, With Radio Taking Place of Crews, Declared Feasible," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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