. The locomotive engineer . jerking andpulling at de-railed cars thatcould not be put on the track until properly engineer was a cool, sensible, expe-rienced man. and he got tired of it, andfinally refused lo move the engine. Thehigh and lofty official came over to knowwhy his orders were disregarded, and wasquietly told that the wreck would havebeen cleared before had he not arrived onthe scene. The engineer calmly said thatthey bad already pulled the trucks outfrom under a couple of cars and turnedone over, by not properly blocking upunder them before pulling at them ; saidhe wou
. The locomotive engineer . jerking andpulling at de-railed cars thatcould not be put on the track until properly engineer was a cool, sensible, expe-rienced man. and he got tired of it, andfinally refused lo move the engine. Thehigh and lofty official came over to knowwhy his orders were disregarded, and wasquietly told that the wreck would havebeen cleared before had he not arrived onthe scene. The engineer calmly said thatthey bad already pulled the trucks outfrom under a couple of cars and turnedone over, by not properly blocking upunder them before pulling at them ; saidhe would take signals from his own traincrew only, and Mr. S could do with themas he liked. The youthful official was cause some boy around the train gave asignal he had no business to. If you havenot the right to give signals and see achance to give one where you think it willhelp some one out, all we can say is, Dont. A Point About Automatic Brakes. Every little whik- there happens a rail-road wreck that could have been avoided. AUTOMATIC BRAKE ATTACHMENT ON SIX-WHLEL TRUCK. if freight trains were provided with auto-matic brakes, and where the costs of thewreck would go a very long way towardequipping the road with brakes of this de-scription. An affair like the great wreckat Koutz, Ind., last fall, would have beenaverted had the freight cars been providedwith an automatic brake and the passen-ger train properly flagged. It has beenproven thai very quick stops can be madewith automatic brakes on very long andheavy trains. To hold a train down aheavy mountain grade for many miles,there is no doubt that straight air,or non-automatic, brakes are easier and in manycases safer. If the road has a number of set; to be used at all, to allow the trainsto move, the brake must be in repair ; ona non-automatic brake, it can run downuntil it becomes entirely useless. The Fool-Killer Wanted. An old engineer told me the other daythat locomotives were habitual cranks. Why, he said, only a year ago
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