. The boys' book of railroads . nous, red blinking eye of theswitch seemed almost before him, while up thetracks he could see the glimmering lights Of thecaboose directly in the path of No. 8. Desperately he shifted the throttle, andgrasped the air brake lever. His hands movedwith lightning swiftness but with as the air hissed through the pipes hedeluged the tracks with sand from the sand chestand breathed another prayer. Sparks flew from every brake-shoe, the enginelurched and its brakes shrieked as if in protestat being throttled down. The headway decreasedswiftly but not swif
. The boys' book of railroads . nous, red blinking eye of theswitch seemed almost before him, while up thetracks he could see the glimmering lights Of thecaboose directly in the path of No. 8. Desperately he shifted the throttle, andgrasped the air brake lever. His hands movedwith lightning swiftness but with as the air hissed through the pipes hedeluged the tracks with sand from the sand chestand breathed another prayer. Sparks flew from every brake-shoe, the enginelurched and its brakes shrieked as if in protestat being throttled down. The headway decreasedswiftly but not swift enough to suit and grinding along the rails the heavytrain plunged on toward the switch watched with eyes bulging. Would itstop in time? Could a collision be avoided? Heyanked again at the air, and threw down moresand. The brakes seemed suddenly to clutch onwith renewed vigor, and with a clank and a rattleand a jolt that shook the whole vertebrae of cars,No. 8 came to a dead stop not twenty feet from.
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