‘In fog and falling snow’ – the BR rule book is threaded with a set of instructions about the winter which ruled the lives of those working the railway. Keeping everyone safe in the season of frost, snow and ice has never been easy. Overcoming friction is, after all, why trains exist, so anything that increases the chance of trains not stopping where they should, had to (and still has to) be taken very seriously.
Steam locomotives struggling up a gradient with frequent bouts of slipping may have made for spectacular
