. The ways of our railways . fered wagons employedon British railways, the American coupler being onlypracticable with bogie stock, which allows freeplay in going round curves. It is by no means certain,however, that automatic coupling is really safer thanthe use of the coupling-stick with the present loose-link arrangement. The provision of hand-brakescapable of being applied and released from eitherside of the wagon is another improvement which hasbeen strongly agitated for in ! the interests of thesafety of the men, as many accidents are said to arisefrom the necessity of shunters running r
. The ways of our railways . fered wagons employedon British railways, the American coupler being onlypracticable with bogie stock, which allows freeplay in going round curves. It is by no means certain,however, that automatic coupling is really safer thanthe use of the coupling-stick with the present loose-link arrangement. The provision of hand-brakescapable of being applied and released from eitherside of the wagon is another improvement which hasbeen strongly agitated for in ! the interests of thesafety of the men, as many accidents are said to arisefrom the necessity of shunters running round wagonsin order to apply or release the brakes. This problemis at the present moment engaging the attentionof the companies and the Board of Trade, and it ishoped that a satisfactory type of either-side brakewill be evolved. For a reason already explained, the Midland hasthe largest wagon stock of all our railway companies,the number of vehicles provided by that companyfor the conveyance of minerals, general REFRIGERATOR-VAN, AND N. W. K.
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