Train travel

Yesterday’s drama. I was a bit late from work, but managed to get the through train from Carlisle or Morecambe or wherever. Soon after the train left Keighley station the driver let a long blast out on one horn, followed by an equally long blast on the other. The train came to a halt. Was there something on the track?

As it turned out there was, an old man was wondering in a confused state at the side of the railway who had been narrowly missed by the train. It took the train crew a while to get him back to Keighley and get the go-ahead to resume the journey to Leeds.