How often have you seen a cow catcher installed on a British engine? The alternative approach of fencing off the tracks appears to have been preferred. I don't know the reasoning. Alan Swindale > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:cumberland- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 18 March 2014 17:22 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [CUMB] Carlisle Journal, 14 Dec 1844 - Accident on the > Newcastle and Carlisle Railway > > I was wondering how a simple collision with a cow could be so > destructive to a train. > > > Apparently, what became a standard item on all trains for safety, were > not yet installed on train engines. > > > Ask.com