▁junior ▁guard ▁should ▁have ▁gone ▁back ▁down ▁the ▁track ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁train . ▁These ▁pre ca utions ▁had ▁been ▁omitted ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁strategy ▁( d ivid ing ▁the ▁train ) ▁which , ▁even ▁had ▁nothing ▁gone ▁wrong , ▁would ▁have ▁had ▁no ▁advantages ▁over ▁await ing ▁the ▁scheduled ▁train ▁to ▁assist ▁the ▁exc urs ion ▁to ▁Hamilton ' s ▁Ba wn . ▁If ▁Mr . ▁Elli ott ▁had ▁therefore ▁only ▁had ▁the ▁pr ud ence ▁to ▁wait ▁where ▁the ▁exc urs ion ▁train ▁stopped ▁near ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁bank ▁and ▁to ▁send ▁back ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁gu ards ▁to ▁protect ▁his ▁train , ▁with ▁instructions ▁to ▁ask ▁the ▁driver ▁of ▁the ▁ordinary ▁train ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁exc urs ion ▁train ▁up ▁the ▁short ▁remaining ▁distance , ▁he ▁would ▁hardly ▁have ▁lost ▁time ▁and ▁would , ▁besides , ▁have ▁avoided ▁the ▁risk ▁in separ able ▁from ▁the ▁del icate ▁operation ▁he ▁unw is ely ▁determined ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁and ▁which ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁res orted ▁to ▁under ▁only ▁most ▁exception al ▁circumstances ▁and ▁not , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁case , ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁so ▁easy ▁a ▁solution ▁of ▁the ▁difficulty . ▁ ▁Other ▁critic isms ▁ ▁W rong ▁driver , ▁wrong ▁engine ▁ ▁The ▁exc urs ion ▁train ▁( even ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 - ve h icle ▁form ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁set ▁off ) ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁clim b ▁Arm agh ▁bank ▁at ▁about ▁. ▁The ▁inspect or ▁considered ▁that ▁its ▁failure ▁to ▁do ▁so