Devil's shingle railway slideboard - photos and video

[Jon]

Devil's shingle railway slideboard. Mount Washington Cog Railway.

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[Jon]

Quarry workers returning from work in 1935.

[Toolmaker51]

9 or 10 seconds in; notice the apparent mooring-cleat handle, right in front of the seat. Where was OSHA that day?

[JoeVanGeaux]

9 or 10 seconds in; notice the apparent mooring-cleat handle, right in front of the seat. Where was OSHA that day?

Just before that fellow put the rig onto the rails, that "handle" behaved more like a hand-brake of some sort. Otherwise, I'd hate to be the guy that muffed his dismount!

Well, now that I think about it, if that handle is an actual cleat I'd hate to be anybody in the trailing pack -unless singing falsetto was in your bucket list.

[Toolmaker51]

Just before that fellow put the rig onto the rails, that "handle" behaved more like a hand-brake of some sort. Otherwise, I'd hate to be the guy that muffed his dismount!

Well, now that I think about it, if that handle is an actual cleat I'd hate to be anybody in the trailing pack -unless singing falsetto was in your bucket list.

Quite true. A decent pile-up would have created a "Quarrymens Choir" to rival the"Vienna Boys Choir", with a certain rustic edge.
Not unlike the Monty Python Lumberjacks...perhaps.

[jdurand]

was that rustic or rusty edge?

[Toolmaker51]

Both.
Rusty would ensure rustic.
And rustic begat rusty.