Confessions of a Railroad Signalman

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James O. Fagan. Confessions of a Railroad Signalman

Confessions of a Railroad Signalman

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ILLUSTRATIONS

I. A RAILROAD MAN TO RAILROAD MEN

II. THE MEN

III. THE MANAGEMENT

IV. LOYALTY

V. THE SQUARE DEAL

VI. THE HUMAN EQUATION

VII. DISCIPLINE

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James O. Fagan

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Now I would like railroad men in general to pay particular attention to my criticism of their conduct in relation to this rule and to other illustrations that follow. Here is a necessary law, put into force by the management for the safety of travel and the good of the service. It is a direct appeal to the common sense and honor of employees. Nevertheless, in a short time after the order was issued, it was a dead letter. True, very frequently in clear weather the rule is absolutely unnecessary; but when the weather is foggy, or at places where there is a curve, the failure to observe the rule is liable to result in a wreck. In one month I was a witness to eighteen breaches of the rule on a single division of a railroad.

It must be understood that I am now describing my actual experience with men, management, and rules, and the reasons that induced me to follow the matter up and to inquire if the work I am describing can be termed typical of American railroads.

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