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A work-train on tbe Monon railway should have side-tracked at English for an east-bound freight, tbe first section of which had pulled out from Taswell. The telegraph operator at Taswell beard the operator at English signal the departure of the work-train, and as the second section of the freight came to a halt, he hastily notified the engineer of the situation. Quickly cutting loose, and with a brake-man on the pilot bearing a red flag, the engineer opened wide bis throttle in pursuit of the first sectiou, attaining a speed of fifty miles an hou?: In this way he overhauled the first section, and by repeated whistlings brought it to a halt. Scarcely had tne first section started back beforethe work-train came in sight, and it was brought to a halt within lOO feet of the first section.
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Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 16, 1891
Page 6
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