A voice from the signal-box: Railway accidents and their causes

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Signalman. A voice from the signal-box: Railway accidents and their causes

A voice from the signal-box: Railway accidents and their causes

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INTRODUCTION

TO M. T. BASS, Esq., M.P

A VOICE FROM THE SIGNAL BOX;

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Signalman

Published by Good Press, 2020

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He explains that the breakage of springs, axles, and tyres of vehicles is a prolific source of danger. These fittings are often fractured by violent shunting rendered necessary by insufficient siding accommodation, and they usually break when running at great speed over bad joints in the rails.

He thinks that a passenger train should not be allowed to run at a greater speed than 40 miles an hour; that it should not consist of more than fifteen vehicles, and that there should be one guard to every five carriages. At present passenger trains are frequently delayed at stations through the guards having too much work to do, thus causing unpunctuality, which, as has often been pointed out, is a primary source of disaster.

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