. The railway library . o go unchecked to their death at the rate of thousandseach year. The deplorable loss of life among those who so foolishly placethemselves in danger ought to be a sufficient reason for taking drasticmeasures to correct the evil; but, if that is not sufficient, let us con-sider another phase of the matter, and see if we can for a momentput ourselves in the place of one of the thousands of locomotiveengineers in whose care the lives of many thousands of passengers areplaced daily. An engineer is but a human being. He has feelings,emotions, and a heart like the rest of mank
. The railway library . o go unchecked to their death at the rate of thousandseach year. The deplorable loss of life among those who so foolishly placethemselves in danger ought to be a sufficient reason for taking drasticmeasures to correct the evil; but, if that is not sufficient, let us con-sider another phase of the matter, and see if we can for a momentput ourselves in the place of one of the thousands of locomotiveengineers in whose care the lives of many thousands of passengers areplaced daily. An engineer is but a human being. He has feelings,emotions, and a heart like the rest of mankind. His duties requirethe strictest attention to the signals that control the movement ofhis train and to the safe operation of the engine and train in hischarge. It is highly important that he be a man whose nerves are notunstrung, whose mind is not distracted, whose attention is centeredupon the signals, the throttle, and the train order he has to you imagine anything more unnerving, more distracting to him,. A GROUP OF TRESPASSERS The engineer must giye attention to signals, switches, and the safe operation of the trains; it is impossible for#him to be on the lookout_for trespassers continually 208 The Railway Library
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