. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . A. M. The alertness of in this case no doubt savedmuch time and anxiety and he is tobe commended for the prompt actiontaken in reporting the trouble toMNTower. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 45 On July 23rd Operator H. C. Chaney,at Freeport, Ohio, discovered a piece ofair hose and coupling in crossover switchpoint at his station and removed it in-stantly. The way the piece of air hoseand coupling were located in the switchpoint might have caused an accident,as it would have left switch gap openwhen lined for main track. Mr. Cha
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . A. M. The alertness of in this case no doubt savedmuch time and anxiety and he is tobe commended for the prompt actiontaken in reporting the trouble toMNTower. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 45 On July 23rd Operator H. C. Chaney,at Freeport, Ohio, discovered a piece ofair hose and coupling in crossover switchpoint at his station and removed it in-stantly. The way the piece of air hoseand coupling were located in the switchpoint might have caused an accident,as it would have left switch gap openwhen lined for main track. Mr. Chaneyis to be commended for his alertness, andSuperintendent Lechlider has written hima letter of appreciation for the same. On July 27th a message was receivedfrom Conductor J. B. Willoughby atSeville reporting derail on westbound sid-ing at Sterling open about one inch and ahalf, lever closed and lock all right, butderails not being closed against the sidingrails. This shows the alertness Mr. Wil-loughby displays, and he has been written. an appropriate letter by SuperintendentLechlider in appreciation of his interestin Safety First. NEWARK DIVISION On July 6th, Engineers Wm. Walkerand W. C. McCann, while handling Train98 over the Lake Erie Branch, noticedbridge just west of St. Louisville on fire. These men brought their train to a stop,went ahead and put the fire out. Goodwork! CONNELLSVILLE DIVISION On July 25 Brakeman J. H. Hoffman,a member of crew of extra west engine2223, discovered a piece of flange lying onthe track at Hyndman. He made an im-mediate report, which developed that theflange had broken off a wheel on a car intrain of extra east engine 2677. The carwas switched out at Viaduct Junction andhandled into Cumberland yard by aswitching engine. NEW CASTLE DIVISION On August 3rd Car Inspector C. discovered a broken rail aboutone mile east of Chardon on the down- grade for eastbound trains. He immedi-ately went to a telephone and notified theoperator at C
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