A CAREFUL GUARD
The rush of holiday-makers was enormous, and the railway was working at high pressure. . But although they had enough rolling-stock to cope with the . traffic, they had not enough guards to man their trains. There was nothing for it but to appoint porters to the position of guards until things slackened down a bit. One train in charge of such a guard was travelling at the rate of about ten miles an hour, when it came to a stiff incline. Snorting and puffing, and at times almost coming to a standstill, the engine managed to draw the train to the top. ‘Had a hard job there, Tom,’ shouted the driver to the guard at the next station. ‘I thought she wasn’t going to do it.’
": ‘So did I,' replied Tom. £ I do believe if I hadn’t had the brake hard on all the way up, she would have run back again.’
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New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1913, Page 61
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154A CAREFUL GUARD New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1913, Page 61
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