Pt 3 / The Signal Man a short ghost story by Charles Dickens
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@RhysDavies86 That makes sense. The story doesn't offer any detail at all as to what the accident was so it would be nice to think that the filmmakers opted to use Staplehurst (which inspired the story) as the model for their 'notable accident'.
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@jozg44 It could be that (like the Staplehurst crash in which Dickens was involved), there was maintainance work going on in the tunnel and the rails were in the process of being put back in, and the signalman had instructions to stop the train outside.
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I didn't see that coming!
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this is so freakin boring. screw enhlish lit
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sweet merciful mother
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The signalbox doesn't exist: it was specially constructed on the Severn Valley Railway for this programme. Logically, it is not the correct place for a box.
And if there was any attempt by the programme makers to replicate the scenario of the Clayton Tunnel collision, it is not made at all clear by the dramatic action.
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kinda wished they hadnt shown the ghosts face. spoils the film a bit :I
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Dickens is said to have got the idea for the collision from the Clayton Tunnel disaster of August 1861.
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@grushnitsky I've never quite been able to work out what the 'accident' really was either- the signalman watched the train approaching (on a single line), checked his watch and was happily whistling Gilbert & Sullivan until the train approaches the box when suddenly he looks worried and starts waving the red flag to try and get it to stop. But hey, it's only a small quibble with what is still an excellent film.
1 year ago 2
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Stupid scary naked blue guy. =[
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Most ghost stories can be interpreted as something else; ghosts are memories, or guilt, or the avenging subconscious. In that sense, all ghosts are real, since a ghost doesn't have to actually exist to BE real; they're just shadows from the dark side of our consciousness, ready to emerge and haunt us at any time. We are all haunted.
steerpike66 3 years ago 10
I love this story, it scared me as a youger child and it scares me now. ut I dnt think I have the idea right, is it that the ghost is the signal man's ghost warning his past self abot getting ran over? Thats the Idea I got abot it at school
ivoryman996 4 years ago 4