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The key in the center appears to be a bronze or copper alloy and has arms that fold up
when not in use.
The bronze or copper alloy key folded up when not in use
Further Carriage Key Notes
In Iain Ellis'
British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia
, is:
―
Carriage Key - A simple key
used to operate the secondary locks fitted to coach doors and some other access panels
on locomotives and rolling stock.
‖
In
The Science of Railways
(1904) by Marshall Monroe Kirkman under the chapter
―
Rules
Governing Movement of Trains
‖
is
―
Every passenger guard must have with him his
watch, whistle and carriage key, and take in his van a red, a green and a white flag, a
box of detonators (not less than twelve), and a hand signal lamp.
‖
This passage appears in
The Princess Elopes
(Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1905) by Harold
MacGrath:
―
What a brilliant idea it had been to use her private
carriage key
to steel into
the carriage compartment long before the train was made up!
‖
In addition to the carriage key and knife, this tool has a Prestolite Key* for opening
cylinders to turn on gas lamps.
