. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e milesfrom Albia. Sam. stopped, cut loose and endeav-ored to reach this station with the en-gine, but for lack of fluid in the boilerhad been obliged to extinguish his these conditions, however, he hadhad no scruples in turning the defunctGrimes over to me, wliicli, in mystupid innocence, I permitted him to do,being oblivious at the moment that thereare times when a refusal to obey ordersis justifiable. that station, where, after procuring thesupply required, she was propelled upa
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e milesfrom Albia. Sam. stopped, cut loose and endeav-ored to reach this station with the en-gine, but for lack of fluid in the boilerhad been obliged to extinguish his these conditions, however, he hadhad no scruples in turning the defunctGrimes over to me, wliicli, in mystupid innocence, I permitted him to do,being oblivious at the moment that thereare times when a refusal to obey ordersis justifiable. that station, where, after procuring thesupply required, she was propelled upand down the main line until her boilerhad been replenished, after which shewas shoved in on her train, the freightthen departing without ofTcring furtherassistance. The next requisite was woodwith which to fire up, and which wasprocured by a vigilant search throughthe timber and scattered buildings inthe vicinity until a sufficient quantity ofdead limbs, fence rails and boards froman abandoned lean-to had been gatheredto fill the fire-box, several of the pas-sengers lending a hand in their anxiety. INTERIOR OF PARLOR CAR RICHELIEU The engine of a freight train standingat the station was procured, to the frontend of which was attached a fiat car, andwe sallied forth for the Grimes, find-ing the engine where Sam. had desertedher, coupled into and hauled up to thestation, following which Seavers pulledout with No. 2. Finding, of course, his former trainwhere he had left it he pushed it backto Frederic, set it on the side track,then resumed his homeward journey. The first thing required by theGrimes was to get her to Frederic andgel a tank of water, which was accom-plished by towing her in a freight train to to facilitate a resumption of their jour-ney. The Grimes was finally resuscitated,and four hours behind the schedule I was again moving westward. Albia was soon reached and findingthe coal pile seriously depleted a freshsupply was taken by pitching on a suffi-cient qua
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