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THE INSIDE' STORY Of A PASSEi<6EJt TBAUt ;
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,It takes litertlly thou- . Before a train starts1 banls it, but behind the
sarida'df ^eridni.7to'I.1rnn g from its originating eta- v loOBmotive lire the power
a puisng ir train— guards, tion the proper carriages of an army of men, work-
drivers, firemen,, signal- haVe to1'be'put together ing ^jO^PJJfAafiifaze lain!
lers, pointsmen, gang in a pre determined order. Xhe train rune through :
men, fitters, pumpmen, The carriages are thbrou- ft nunrber of etaisone,
watermen, station mas- , ghiy Examined to en.iire stopping at eom.. passing'
tert,'ticket collectors, and the* they »f*t>!)raf*^or through other^aometimes
a host of others, t'he.v running. J hey are cleared crossing trains from the
mjttfr alt work in the aud dieiwfeeted. Over- opposite .„ direction, i and
highest imaginable degree head tanks sre filled with sometime, taking piee.
of cro-operaftion witb eaoh; , water for-use on the jour- denctl ov;r Mbari trains .
other, as failure on the ney. ; The electrical B^6sH* ju t|ie same direction,
part of even ona. of them . and the brake svstim are-*-
may lead to a possible teateo^ And, then the .. journejrt»re..on».
disaster. Uere is the in- collected train is brought ,™* 1°.n»~'ft' AM>SmM ,'■
side1 story of Wit hap to the scheduled ptatform , m't«»T»flU »"ange-
t t-- / even earlier The , engine.. of oarrjages refilling oi
'* ** * tk " ''ghte4 "P and proper,, water in the overhead
The tunning or *ralni sieam, pressure built up. taiiks,,sup.p!y ofdrinking
has come to 6* accepted It i. examined thpnougbly water and food for. p»s-,
as a matter of course, a (at 8afe „nd aatiafaptpry sengera,, , „.,,/„.
part of oneV-daily life. running, and then brought ________
The passenger buy. a in %,B* to tBeqreUv^t .lab.. '* p.rtietil.r
ticket, get. into the-.tr.ip. tr.Fn nsnlly though a \nin "J/.W'
and. knows that he would mize brVm^t ofl man pf train run.,,rg from Kan-
reach hi. destination Lit- wbloh tetBer osrrisge/.nd 'p j1*'
tie doe. he know of the, wt)g0mi mt>, be .landing «» £• Nort^ , gastern
vast and intncaU org*- ; or moving. Ra.lwsy a distance . of
nisation that make, this 8 , > 634 miles, serving 119
possible, The Green Signal stations, in six railway .,.
About 4,600 pse.en- 7AUi»«.ti T?he,fua*« rel di,|w?W osla eH .»eii ■
g*er train, run in India blows>bi. r whieWe-! eives To raabl. this train
in eaob 24-bour period the, greemaigna* amd-off ' to run-- successfully,
(in addition to about3,000 poe«- the train with ite1 -i many aa 76» persona
good, trains Behind each human cargo bound rfc* mua* b* on ao***w dwiy
of .-them ; W»« Tfii jnpf, myriad destination*. ' i: • .- at differentvpla^ee. ( Tbe^
ration, the yotk 'of Utop.- The moving train is list inoludes tfca fevastldn
sands iWwfefelih4»»'. .• 4$»-i< \ ostiwib*. powwrad »i by . i master-on duty, >witho\it
olose«t-Tno-op.f%tip||»t] U.jal-: thebii-iooomntive which j. i whoaa- permiesicn- tb**d-
ud-.odw .i^ojnv JAJ1UTJUD
,It takes litertlly thou- . Before a train starts1 banls it, but behind the
sarida'df ^eridni.7to'I.1rnn g from its originating eta- v loOBmotive lire the power
a puisng ir train— guards, tion the proper carriages of an army of men, work-
drivers, firemen,, signal- haVe to1'be'put together ing ^jO^PJJfAafiifaze lain!
lers, pointsmen, gang in a pre determined order. Xhe train rune through :
men, fitters, pumpmen, The carriages are thbrou- ft nunrber of etaisone,
watermen, station mas- , ghiy Examined to en.iire stopping at eom.. passing'
tert,'ticket collectors, and the* they »f*t>!)raf*^or through other^aometimes
a host of others, t'he.v running. J hey are cleared crossing trains from the
mjttfr alt work in the aud dieiwfeeted. Over- opposite .„ direction, i and
highest imaginable degree head tanks sre filled with sometime, taking piee.
of cro-operaftion witb eaoh; , water for-use on the jour- denctl ov;r Mbari trains .
other, as failure on the ney. ; The electrical B^6sH* ju t|ie same direction,
part of even ona. of them . and the brake svstim are-*-
may lead to a possible teateo^ And, then the .. journejrt»re..on».
disaster. Uere is the in- collected train is brought ,™* 1°.n»~'ft' AM>SmM ,'■
side1 story of Wit hap to the scheduled ptatform , m't«»T»flU »"ange-
t t-- / even earlier The , engine.. of oarrjages refilling oi
'* ** * tk " ''ghte4 "P and proper,, water in the overhead
The tunning or *ralni sieam, pressure built up. taiiks,,sup.p!y ofdrinking
has come to 6* accepted It i. examined thpnougbly water and food for. p»s-,
as a matter of course, a (at 8afe „nd aatiafaptpry sengera,, , „.,,/„.
part of oneV-daily life. running, and then brought ________
The passenger buy. a in %,B* to tBeqreUv^t .lab.. '* p.rtietil.r
ticket, get. into the-.tr.ip. tr.Fn nsnlly though a \nin "J/.W'
and. knows that he would mize brVm^t ofl man pf train run.,,rg from Kan-
reach hi. destination Lit- wbloh tetBer osrrisge/.nd 'p j1*'
tie doe. he know of the, wt)g0mi mt>, be .landing «» £• Nort^ , gastern
vast and intncaU org*- ; or moving. Ra.lwsy a distance . of
nisation that make, this 8 , > 634 miles, serving 119
possible, The Green Signal stations, in six railway .,.
About 4,600 pse.en- 7AUi»«.ti T?he,fua*« rel di,|w?W osla eH .»eii ■
g*er train, run in India blows>bi. r whieWe-! eives To raabl. this train
in eaob 24-bour period the, greemaigna* amd-off ' to run-- successfully,
(in addition to about3,000 poe«- the train with ite1 -i many aa 76» persona
good, trains Behind each human cargo bound rfc* mua* b* on ao***w dwiy
of .-them ; W»« Tfii jnpf, myriad destination*. ' i: • .- at differentvpla^ee. ( Tbe^
ration, the yotk 'of Utop.- The moving train is list inoludes tfca fevastldn
sands iWwfefelih4»»'. .• 4$»-i< \ ostiwib*. powwrad »i by . i master-on duty, >witho\it
olose«t-Tno-op.f%tip||»t] U.jal-: thebii-iooomntive which j. i whoaa- permiesicn- tb**d-