There were no signals in tho early days of railways. When drivers of trains met on a single line they had to argne it out. Later, a post was erected midway between stations, so that “lie who had passed the pillar must go on, and the coming man eo back.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6851, 5 March 1929, Page 5
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