In August 1911 the ASRS, ASLEF, the United Pointsmen's and Signalmen's Society ( founded 1880 ) and the General Railway Workers'Union ( founded 1889 ) jointly called the United Kingdom's Royal Commission to examine the workings of the 1907 Conciliation Board.
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The semaphores for each line will be connected with the levers which work the points, and consequently when the pointsman shifts the points the semaphore is made by the same movement to show the proper signal . . . In the night the signals will be by lamp lighted with wax lights.
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In 2012 Harit Mehta in his article Mystery Man calls the shots, for the Times of India wrote of Prashant, " Emerging as a key strategist and main pointsman for all election related work, extremely low-profile, he made a quiet entry and soon started calling the shots from the CM's residence.
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The main signal box ( " Befehlsstellwerk " ), designated by the letters " Gw ", was located at the western end of the station next to the level crossing; and a subsidiary or " pointsmen's " signal box ( " W�rterstellwerk " ), designated as " Go ", at the eastern end.
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The coroner gave the following verdict : " We are unanimously of opinion that the deceased came to their deaths by neglect of duty on the part of John Rowson, pointsman, and at the same time we wish to recommend to the railway company the adoption of a new system of signalling and points at Walton Junction . " Rowson was later charged with manslaughter in July 1867.
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The Castle Douglas and Lockerbie railways formed junctions with the G & SWR line in the cutting opposite the pointsman's tower . . . The points at the sidings and junctions will be worked from the top of this bank by means of rods and levers . . . The semaphores for each line will be connected with the levers which work the points, and consequently when the pointsman shifts the points, the semaphore is made by the same movement to show the proper signal.
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The Castle Douglas and Lockerbie railways formed junctions with the G & SWR line in the cutting opposite the pointsman's tower . . . The points at the sidings and junctions will be worked from the top of this bank by means of rods and levers . . . The semaphores for each line will be connected with the levers which work the points, and consequently when the pointsman shifts the points, the semaphore is made by the same movement to show the proper signal.
