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7825_car_catcher
Subjects
Automotive

Keywords
safety,
railroad,
train,
protection,
gate,
fence,
invention,
automobile,
car
1930s, 1940s
B&W

A train chugs along the railroad tracks with steam and smoke billowing, An elastic gate descends and an oncoming car demonstrates its purpose, to catch and stop cars from crossing the tracks when a locomotive is approaching. The net catches the car and springs it back like a slingshot.


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