TRAIN DERAILMENTS.
(To the Editor.) —In the interests of common humanity, I feel the time has arrived for some stringent investigation in this matter. In your paper the other evening, it is stated by certain of the Railway Department "every precaution is taken. ; This is open to question, as I will endeavour to illustrate. Three months ago. standing on the Avondale station platform, I observed on the outside rail' (which is on a distinct curve here i. a decided groove or shoulder worn by the pressure of the flange of the wheels. Even as a layman, I contend this has a lifting tendency to a locomotive going at high speed. I at once interviewed the assistant engineer in Auckland, and was shown a diagram by him, indicating how far this cutting away could extend without the wheel riding over. Is this principle conducive to safe running? A broken axle may take place after actual derailment in this manner. We must demand safety first, not last. — I am, etc., ARTHUR CUMMIXGS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 14
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