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[Man on train]

Description: Postcard of an unidentified man seated on a train locomotive at a train station. Passers-by can be seen walking past the train and the man.
Date: [1918..]
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Mail-Bag Catcher

Description: Patent for improvements of mail bag catchers. This patent proposes improvements on the construction and arrangements of mail bag catchers including the alteration of the jaw and the addition of springs. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Davis, Tomie
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Waterproof Car-Door.

Description: Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
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Driving-Box.

Description: Patent for improvements in locomotive driving-boxes aimed at eliminating the need to hold locomotives (trains) out of service for significant periods of time in order to repair solid driving boxes. Increased functionality is achieved by means of removable hub liner, deliverability of lubricant to various surfaces of the box and sections having slidable engagement with the hub face.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Arthur W.
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Flexible Metallic Joint

Description: Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date: December 19, 1918
Creator: Schulz, Wilhelm
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Refrigerator-Car

Description: Patent for a refrigerated train car "containing ice receptacles and equipped with pipe coils through which the brine given off from the ice may be circulated around the walls of the car" (p. 1, lines 10-15) which also circulates the cooled air through the car.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Dietz, Maurice B.
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Automatic Train Stop

Description: Patent for an automatic train stop. Used to simplify the construction where fewer magnets and changeable switches are necessary. To provide an automatic train control mechanism with a normally closed circuit, the breakage or disarrangement of any part that would ensure the stopping of the train.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
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Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives

Description: This patent relates to new and useful improvements in an automatic fountain valve for locomotives. The purpose of the invention is to provide a valve that will automatically close in the case of the locomotive overturning. This valve will cut off the escaping or steam from broken pipes and prevent the scalding of engine-men who may be trapped in the cab.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Yeamans, Eugence N.
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