In case two trains were about to collide head-on, this emergency ejection capsule would allow at least one person, likely the train engineer, to escape. The scheme was described in a magazine article in 1915. The blog Technologia Obsoleta spotlighted it recently. BONUS: An alternate solution, devised by Flann O’Brien
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Artful Ig winners’ clever escapism
Illustrator James Reekie tells how he took on an Iggish assignment [his banner illustration for it is reproduced below]: Steve Sayers, Art Editor on BBC focus and fast becoming my client of the year asked me to produce some illustrations for a feature in the December issue, “I’m an IG Nobel Prize Winner – Get […]