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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 340

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m. Jack, said Holly, Mat has been tell-ing me about running trains in sections, andputting flags on the front of the engine, and wewant to know why they do it. Well, said Jack, it s a pretty long story,and I dont know that I can explain the wholeof it myself; but I believe it is more for… … (& K-- END OF LAST CAR. FLAGS AND LAMPS IN POSITION. that is one of the things people who ride on the railroad think very little about. Freight-trains, as you know, generally run on the same tracks to be railroaders ? as the passenger-trains, but they do not run so Why not? asked Holly. fast,…

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