In Germany, the track circuit for steam lines is not looked on with much favor, as owing to the extensive employment of the Siemen's controlled manual and the peculiar station masters' system of control, called "Station Block," always used in that country (with, it must be admitted, a very high record for safety,) the Germans think they would not gain much by any great use of track circuit or automatic signals. The writer has just had this view confirmed by a friend returned from visiting the important works of the German Railway Signal Company at Bruchsal, Baden. Automatic signaling is used on certain important sections of the Berlin Elevated and Underground Road, installed before the war by the Westinghouse Company, of London, with a.c. double rail track circuits and this will be extended eventually to cover the remaining sections still worked by the Siemen's controlled manual. Dr. Kemmann, a member of the General Railway Direction, Berlin, published last year a very interesting book describing his work with accounts also of the London Underground and New York Subway installations, showing that foreign systems are studied in Germany. But for steam roads the writer believes from what he has studied of German methods and ideas on the subject that the manual system will remain in use and that the track circuit will not be much adopted. The same remarks apply generally to Austria, Holland and Scandinavia, though in the latter case English ideas are more in evidence and it is probable that the track circuit, already in use to some extent, will be developed as time goes on. In Austria automatic signaling was certainly tried on a small scale on the Southern Railway, but with what results the writer cannot say. In Switzerland the extended use of iron ties is against the track circuit. In Belgium the Hall system was at one time in use between Ghent and Wondelgem, but as the course of the line was changed, these signals were removed. The section was about 3-1/4 miles long. Automatic signals do not exist there now but the track circuit is used at certain stations, notably throughout the all-electric power installation at and close to Brussles Nord. The writer does not believe it likely that automatic signaling will be used on the steam roads in Belgium, at all events for some time yet. With regard to Italy, Spain and Portugal, the writer does not possess details, but believes it likely that the track circuit is only in use, if at all, at a few important stations. The new Metropolitan line in Madrid is equipped with an intermittent contact system, probably copied from the Paris Metropolitan.