The Best Railway Signalman in South Africa was a Baboon | History in the Dark

Jack the signalman was the assistant of one James "Jumper" Wide after Wide lost his legs in an accident. Jack assisted James with various tasks, including his signalman duties. Also, Jack was a baboon. Probably should have led with that.
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[@MN-zi6hb]

Loving the fact that the railway came out to observe Jack and once happy that he didn't make mistakes paid him a salary.

[@bowlinerailfan]

This is one employee that got away with monkeying around.

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

jack really said

[@user-kr9jq7yz5o]

Can you imagine being in a train, then seeing a drunk bamboon running the switches?

[@Yonko-sama.]

Brody done said "Let me show you how it's done, Human"

[@Davids_Hobbies]

"We named the Monkey Jack" also if anyone wants to watch another video about this, there's a video by Hyce here on UA-cam about this story.

[@sambrown6426]

I love that you finally did this story. I've been waiting since I saw it on the 3/4 show, featuring the 3 different people that together make 3/4 of one idiot, who're desperately searching for that final piece. I'm hoping Lawrie from LMM makes an appearance, with all his British properness.

[@pilsudski36]

Don't let HR hear about this!

[@thejdmguru621]

Our railroads were just… unique. We also had a form of rail passes between stops. But because the trains needed to meet deadlines. Instead of stopping and getting off the train, the engineer and signalman would exchange passes while the train was moving at full speed. I can’t exactly remember the fact so well but I believe there is a video or two mentioning it.

[@richardwoolnough4081]

Superb story Darkness, may it and Jack never be forgotten. 10/10

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Jack reminds me of voytek the bear. He carried artillery and supplies with the polish army in ww2 and was eventually enlisted. And all he wanted was beer and cigarettes in return lol

[@ianprice1744]

This entire video is a reference. The baboon was named Jack, and Darkness said he was capable of being described as a monkey. (Begin the theme for Pirates of the Caribbean)

[@jimmyandersson4599]

Greetings from Sweden.. for god sake, stop, your killing me🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣can't stop laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 an alcoholic baboon doing the signals in a railway... probably doing it better than a lot people did it sober🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewbowen4544]

Well Primates are very smart Darkness.

[@qpr543]

Most interesting railway story.

[@RepublicofNevada8575]

Can you do history of the Reading Railroad

[@markvogel5872]

Okay this may be the only monkey that doesn't scare me.

[@harrisonallen651]

Letting our primates work on the railways

[@georgebliss8262]

Sometimes the stuff is too ridiculous.😅 Informative yet ridiculous.

[@buildingblock1518]

This sounds like the plot of an animal buddy flic. I’d pay to watch