Night Dispatcher recalls deadly misorder on mountain line
A veteran railroad night dispatcher recounts a near catastrophe when a single misheard order caused a double header to diverge from Summit. He describes nerves, old single orders, and the moment the wire failed, as crews escaped with minor injuries and a harrowing sense of fate.
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