A review of switch checks, arrival cards and the outgoing crew’s handoff note finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the rail switch at Blackglass Junction. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: a relief worker uses a different mark from the full-time switch crew.
The switch checks, arrival cards and the outgoing crew’s handoff note lists 55 departures with a signed signal check before the next crew arrives; the previous window lists 58. Nazza Wire checked both against public notices checked against the copies households actually received. The source was checked against a second copy held by Perrin Coal. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
The rail board accepts both marks. Carriers want the name and time attached to each one. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how the next operator verifies a signal check made by a temporary relief worker.
Atime-limited trial begins under a dated card visible to the crew. The Year second, cinder winter window 1 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The junction will test a shared handoff card with a named operator field.
