''The Signalman'' was written by Charles Dickens in 1865 and was based on a signalman who worked with the steam trains. By Charles Dickens choosing this option it gives the story a modern touch as steam trains at that time were the most modern technology around. However today it gives the story a historical feeling as it shows how the signalman had to manually work everything contrasting today's world almost everything is done by automatically by electronic devices and computers. The signalman also shows how the Victorian world was very much judged by class, and the author shows this by ma…