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Night Operator Foils Train Robbery in Lone Water Station
A night operator at a remote Texas Pacific water station recounts a close call with a band of train robbers who threaten him and a fellow worker. He cuts the railway wire to warn dispatchers, helps halt No. 6, and aids a pursuing posse, earning a polite but final dismissal after the incident.
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Texas Pacific
Union Pacific Railway
Jamison
Angwell
Ahim
Hie
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Jamigon
Chicago
Plains
Express
Nature
Beast
Feller
No. 6
Hank
Dan
Jim
Steve
Hem
DPD. K
D. K
T. L
D. EK
Jersey
Game
Myzetl
Railroad and Express
Meanie Peak
St. Low
Peeteve
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis Sentinel