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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes jumping is the best option, but sometimes not. I read an account in the book <em>Call the Big Hook</em> where a fireman on a steam passenger train stepped off at about 70-80 mph and survived. The road forman of engines was standing behind the engineer coaching him to make better time, and the fireman told him they had better slow down because they would not make the next curve at that speed. The RFE told the fireman to mind his own business, so the fireman went down the ladder and stepped off. Now that is conviction!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The engine hit the curve, and the train leapt across the Arkansas River, killing the engineer and the RFE.</span></span></p>
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