Derailments
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“That’ll do!” Your Two Cents Worth ... After the blizzard of ‘88 the US went through a massive rebuild and economic investment period. Labor was scarce so the 3’ gauge Lancaster, Oxford and Southern RR (in Lancaster Country, PA) hired some local farmers as brakemen at 2 cents a mile. While traveling south on the 1.5% downgrade from the yard in north Lancaster, the light 4-4-0 engine didn’t have enough braking power and the train’s speed climbed dangerously fast. The conductor was an old hand and both he and rear brakie began working as fast as they could with their oak staffs setting handbrakes on the car. But the farmer turned-brakeman at the smoky end, just stood on the roof of the first car leaning into the wind. When the conductor finally got to the front end of the train he started cussin’ at the brakeman trainee for not setting the brakes! The farmer just yelled back, “Brakes? Why? I never made so much money so fast in my life!” If you’re the first to submit a good bit of humor and we use it, it’s worth $10! Page 111 • Issue 11-10 • Oct 2011 • Derailments • Dashboard
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