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Red Light on Rails Sparks Heroic Ride
Alan Frisbie bicycled home to Leesburg with Nellie Dwight as a misty night railroad danger mounted. He spotted two freight cars derailed on the track and raced toward the station to warn the advancing passenger train, earning a hero’s reward.
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