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THE FIRST WORLD WAR

TRAIN MAINTENANCE AND TRACKWORK

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Fitter's Assistants with spanners
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

Women setting up the brakes on a carriage.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, c.1916

 

"Women cannot be expected to climb ladders."
Railway Review (NUR) 9 July 1915

A railway woman obscuring a lamp in accordance with blackout procedures.

May 1917.

 

"Lever-pulling is not good for women's delicate constitution."
Railway Review (NUR) 16 August 1918.

Railwaywoman pulling points in the yard at Marylebone.

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