Opposition to continuous brakes The opposition on the grounds of cost particularly by the LNWR and it s chairman Richard Moon to the fitting of the automatic type of brake meant that it took a serious accident at Armagh in 1889 before legislation compelled the automatic system Why has this sentence which I researched back in 2006 but have only just noticed been removed As far as I m aware Richard Moon of the LNWR holds an infamous part in the history of the continuous vacuum brake