The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 34
her, receiving and sending or-ders. The running orders of all the trains aredirected from this office. Each engineer hasorders to make a certain run according to thetime-table, unless other orders from headquartersinterfere. If an accident happens on the road, the train-despatcher knows it almost… … 0^7 THE ENGINEER ON THE LOOKOUT. curs. A snow-storm may blockade a train onthe northern branch of the road, and therebymake necessary a change in the regular schedule. A train from the West is half an hour behind,perhaps, and this interferes with the regular run-ning of the other trains.…
Children's literature · Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries · Literature · Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Internet Archive · BYU–Idaho · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial251dodg-87-68.webp)
