Pulled tail

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Pulled tail is the act of a guard or conductor of a railway to apply the emergency brakes where something untoward has been noticed. This could be an excess of speed in a section of line known to have a lower speed, or strange noises and shaking that might indicate that the train has derailed or something has broken.

[edit] See also

• Stop and examine
• List of rail accidents
• List of pre-1950 rail accidents

[edit] Accidents preventable

Accidents preventable by pulling the rail:

• Waterfall train disaster

• Eschede train disaster - conductor fails to heed passengers complaint about strange goings-on.

[edit] Tail pulled but nothing found

• Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940) - strange noises on second train, tail pulled, nothing found.