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I have read most of the evidence presented at the Elliot junct. enquiry . much of relates to when the driver had a drink .that he did was not disputed . the salient point was if it was before the crash or after, and the evidence is conflicting . the man was in a state of shock , and had been...

go on ebay and search G&SWR (in full) there are several used books for sale on the subject

it could be ex railway .the paint would indicate a Southern origin. the desirable pre grouping benches usually had the company monogram cast in the end brackets . the Southern liked to keep things simple witness the pre fabricated concrete bridges they were fond of google southern railway...

the LNWR also used obs cars , although I don't know how many .-on the Holyhead route I believe , and I think I have seen pics of one (them) on the West Highland one survives in LNWR livery on the Bluebell .you can travel on it for a small supplement . quite an interesting experience seeing the...

while the above is true , there may be instances when a pocket watch would be used . the one which springs to mind is Elliot junct. (Rolt , page 121) when a blizzard brought down the telegraph , and time interval was introduced . this was a local decision in extreme conditions ,and it ended...

I followed Krus-Aragon's link ti the B of T report for 1854 .I haven't read it all yet _there is rather a lot of it) ,but have copied one item to give you a flavour of what was happening at the time 408 accidents in a 4 year period - minor accidents did not usually merit a report, and only 2...

thanks for your reply the GWR (who else ) introduced RT in 1840 . others followed piecemeal , but it did not pass into law until 1880. see Railway Time - Wiki. you mention keeping signals at danger , but for many years it was the practice to show "line clear" -unless it wasn't ! additionally ...

read Rolts comments on page 47 . the two are related and indivisible

the railway archive lists 101 accidents in which time interval played a part . the last one mentioned was in 1926. local time probably played a part in a number of these , although it may not be named as a factor. the Railway Archive is not exhaustive. neither were all accidents the subject of...

my name is not "mate" accidents are rarely a result of a single cause . it usually takes a number of errors by one or more people to defeat the systems in place . while I cannot find an example directly attributable to local time it is easy to see that it could have a bearing on time interval...

a couple of notable accidents - to me at least , due to time interval working ,are , one , the horrible crash in the Clayton tunnel , on the LBSCR , and one around 1875 from memory , at Harrow , which had some parallels with the 1952 disaster . there was another in Kilsby tunnel from memory...

time interval working was not totally banned until 1889. it was still possible - and did happen in times of emergency - subsequent to this . before Railway Time came into being ,it was often the case that the "time" varied from station to station ,let alone town to town . when the telegraph...

just read Railway Inspectorate Accident reports starting about 1850 .you'll enjoy it

would you like them in date or alphabetical order ?

hundreds - literally of accidents were caused by local time / time interval working. things didn't improve much until time interval working was replaced by block working .

as was London Bridge -also 1836 . Lime St in August , London Bridge .December

I remember visiting NRM in the early '80s.we had a class 47 for the return to KingsX .came down to Grantham where we were due a crew change. we had been single manned from York but the relieving driver refused to take the train without a 2nd man. nearly an hour passed before somebody could be...

the original building was added to ,not rebuilt .it still exists .the central part has many similarities to the old Euston ,including the use of limestone columns and carved stone arch windows

London Bridge . opened 1836