Fogman |
During fog and falling snow (when visibility was less than 200 yards) special signalling regulations came into force. A person, usually a railwayman normally employed in some other capacity such as platelayer , was stationed at each distant signal (and certain other signals) and placed detonators on the rail as an audible warning to drivers when the signal arm was “on” . In the days when coal was the only domestic and industrial fuel, dense and prolonged fogs were common even into the 1950s, especially in urban areas in winter. |
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