TRAIN DERAILMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 9

TRAIN DERAILMENTS.

(To the Eiliturl Sir. - T am grateful to lind my IrtliT hits HvvakiMincl .-oine interiv-1 on i lie part of the Railway Department. Hut li <u; ' it can lie conceded that the r-ysteru i< "perfectly sitfe. - ' in the fare of tlirec instances within a month, is beyond mc. To talk about the flange* of the wheels fitting evenly on the worn section of the rail might have been accepted in a dark age. I maintain the more this angle reaches beyond the perpendicular ! the greater the friction, and consequently the risk or tendency of lifting is increased. Let its have less theory and more practical sense. Where human life is endangered, I take it, we should keep as far away from the "risking"'. aspect as possible. I have offered a solution: let the Department submit their owji and accept its obligation to the travelling public. An act of Providence only has prevented serious loss of life. On all sharp curves there should nlr-o lie a guard rail, so aa not to depend solely on the outside rail in keeping the train ou the track. —I am, etc.. APvTTTrR comixes. ' Middlemore, .January 27. ii