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Concerning complacency - in my time on the railroads here in Canada, the couple of fataliites that occurred in the yard were both cases of employess close to retirement. Familiarity had led to complacency, in one case the employee was within a couple of months of finishing.
For the UK, would a central buck-eye coupling of reduced the injury in the cases cited? Every time I see wagons being coupled in Europe, I shudder at the increased risk when between the wagons.
Finally, I did enjoy the video - the procedure for marshalling and despatching a train over here is almost identical 70 years later on!
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