Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 118
ll be able to makeup in his descent. On and on we rush. Here there are meadowson either side of us, presently we pass through awood, and a few minutes later we are hurtling acrossthe top of a huge embankment that has beenthrown across a wide valley. Then there is acrunching of brakes, and our rate… … HOW A RAILWAY IS WORKED 93 and until it falls lie will not pass it, however longwe may be detained. He is crawling in the hopethat he will be given clear without necessitatingan actual stop. Down it goes, and the traincommences to gather speed again. A quarter ofa mile further on, we can judge…
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