Miniature railway for training purposes, Norwich Station

It's every schoolboy's ambition to wave a railway flag and stop a train. Here keen Norwich schoolboys listen while a railwayman explains the use of the red and green flags. Railwaymen learn and practise on miniature railway. Boys of all ages from 6 to 60 love miniature trains, even those whose regular job is working on the railways. In a railway siding at Norwich station is a coach in which is installed an electric working model containing over 100 feet of track, locomotives, carriages, wagons, 38 electric signals and 19 pairs of electric points. This model, given by Trix Ltd, makers of model railways is used for demonstration system, since the turn of the century, footplate staff have been running Mutual improvement classes to improve their own efficiency and to help beginners gain promotion. Sometimes parties of Schoolboys are invited to watch the miniature railway at Norwich, British railways find this an excellent Stimulus to recruitment

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Ambition Beginners Classes Containing Efficiency Excellent Explains Footplate Gain Improve Improvement Installed Invited Keen Learn Listen Locomotives Makers Mutual Norwich Pairs Points Promotion Railwayman Railwaymen Regular Schoolboys Siding Signals Sometimes Stimulus Trix Wagons

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