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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is something that could occur with link and pin couplers, but not with the automatic coupler, although I suppose it could occur with a tightlock coupler of today.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the <em>Railroad Gazette</em>:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">July 1888</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">12<sup>th</sup>, on Lehigh Valley, at Fullerton, Pa., a truck under a car in a freight train was derailed and thrown into the ditch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The car, however, was held up by the link coupling and ran along for several miles.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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