Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1913 — Trains, Trainmen and Signals. [ARTICLE]

Trains, Trainmen and Signals.

An eastern railroad has issued a special order insisting that signals when a train stops be carried back to the required distance: “Never mind about the engineer’s whistle calling you in.” But it would help toward the efficacy of the rule If the train crew were Instructed to allow the necessary time for taking the flag back. Trainmen hate being left afoot, and many accidents have been due to their hurry to get back to the train before It starts. This aversion is natural and will always be a source of temptation to negligence. Either there should be a special compensation sufficient to overcome this reluctance, or the train should always be held for the time which -experiment shows to be necessary to carry out the flagging rule to the letter.Springfield Republican.