Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 359
SIGNALED TO STOP. 262 TOY RAILROADING. (Jan. car, mail car, and four coaches, called a limitedexpress, after a straight run of more than eightfeet, took a curve at full speed in safety, but wasunfortunately wrecked at the first cross-tracks.The cause was soon discovered. The accident … THE ENGINE OF THE LIMITED. was due to the poor road-bed, and the entireforce, including four little boys and two littlegirls, with the nurse as an advisory board, set towork. A soft spot where the main line crossedfrom the rug to the carpet was filled in. Thelong, straight run where the train…
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