The General Manager's Story; Old-Time Reminiscences of Railroading in the United States
The General Manager's Story; Old-Time Reminiscences of Railroading in the United States
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That was all, and enough, too ; we knew she was coming, heading for us, but how far away she was, or how fast she was coming, we didn't know. It was a time to think and act quickly. Right behind us was an iron bridge eighty feet above the rocky bed of a mountain stream; an eighth of a mile beyond the bridge was a cross-over switch. As there was no sid- ing on our track, our only way was to back over this.
Although we were tolerably sure that there was nothing coming behind us on our track, stil...l it is a grave violation of the rules to back up without first sending a flag back to protect you. There was nothing else for it, however, so Jack, shouting to the operator to hold everything east bound, as he was Digitized by Google 124 THE GENERAL MANAGER'S STORY going to back over, commenced backing right away, telling me to notify the conductor and get back on the engine as quickly as possible.
When I got back, he told me to watch out ahead, and if I saw her coming, to sing out, so as we could get off if she was coming like hell.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
That was all, and enough, too ; we knew she was coming, heading for us, but how far away she was, or how fast she was coming, we didn't know. It was a time to think and act quickly. Right behind us was an iron bridge eighty feet above the rocky bed of a mountain stream; an eighth of a mile beyond the bridge was a cross-over switch. As there was no sid- ing on our track, our only way was to back over this.
Although we were tolerably sure that there was nothing coming behind us on our track, stil...l it is a grave violation of the rules to back up without first sending a flag back to protect you. There was nothing else for it, however, so Jack, shouting to the operator to hold everything east bound, as he was Digitized by Google 124 THE GENERAL MANAGER'S STORY going to back over, commenced backing right away, telling me to notify the conductor and get back on the engine as quickly as possible.
When I got back, he told me to watch out ahead, and if I saw her coming, to sing out, so as we could get off if she was coming like hell.
What to read after The General Manager's Story; Old-Time Reminiscences of Railroading in the United States?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Herbert Elliott Hamblen to read onlineMoreLess
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