Talk:Thirsk rail crash
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[edit] Closing Lever
Many signal boxes are fitted with closing levers, particularly boxes that are there for headway purposes rather than in continual use for say shunting or for a junction.
Had Manor House cabin been one of these, then the ill signalman would have been able to close the box, while trains continued to operate between the boxes on either side, albeit at longer headways.
Closing a box because the signalman is ill or otherwise indisposed is entirely within the rules, and quite safe.
Tabletop 03:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
