§ 72. Mr. LECKIEasked the Minister of Transport whether he has now received a report on the experiments carried out by the London and North Eastern Railway Company, in connection with the use of headlights on railway engines; whether they have been successful; and, if so, whether he will recommend their general adoption on the railway systems in the interests of public safety?
Captain HUDSONThe company inform me that this experiment of using special signals fitted with reflectors, which are detected by electric headlamps of comparatively low power, is working satisfactorily on the Boroughbridge branch line; but it is not a system suitable for general adoption.