Schoolboy pulls communication cord, Norwich Station

Caught in the Act: Schoolboy David Newby, son of the Chief Clerk on Norwich Station is caught pulling the Communication Cord by Pass Cleaner Tom Brown, but all is well and David will not be fined, because it is only a life sized model there for the express purpose of demonstrating how the train alarm works when pulled. 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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