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Veteran engineer recalls daring train robberies and wreck
Thomas Vincent McOsker, a nearly 40 year railroad veteran, recounts early career ordeals near Colorado Springs and Denver. He describes bandits hijacking a payroll express by forcing the crew to uncouple cars and break open the safe, then escaping with thousands. He also details a boiler explosion that hurled him from the cab, leaving him unconscious for weeks.
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Jesse James
Thomas Vincent McOsker
William McOsker
Buell Avenue
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Mr. McOsker
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