RAILWAY POINTS JAMMED
STOLEN BOOKS USED When a shunting engine was , off the main railway line at the street crossing to go into the Midaj < ton yards, the signal would not wo** It was then found that books had W'J jammed into the points on the south line. M A railway employee went to the near the points to telephone the.sign* man at tne Lincoln road crossing the telephone had been torn a There was no danger to any trtJJ for the books were jammed into points so that the main line was Wy open. The only locomotives bkely ‘ be affected were shunting coming from the yards, but it hardly possible that they would W been derailed. A small suitcase was found near * railways line. It had contained J 5 ’ books and had been stolen fro® $ parked truck
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27098, 22 July 1953, Page 8
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