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<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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a classic telescope wreck where one train ran into the rear of another:</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"><a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_rutland1.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_rutland1.jpg</span></span></a></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;">Here is one like Boyd described.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This happened on many occasions: </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"><a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_823.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_823.jpg</span></span></a></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;">Another variation:</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"><a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_prr443.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_prr443.jpg</span></span></a></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;">This is a bit unusual:</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"><a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_wrk_ce.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_wrk_ce.jpg</span></span></a></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;">Here is one that happened at Chaska, MN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is only 20 miles from where I live, and I have researched it extensively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The distant engine was pulling a pile driver and its tender, and shoving its caboose in the lead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were running wild hoping to get into the clear at Chaska ahead of an opposing local freight (seen in foreground).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would not have been too risky except for the fact that a sudden thunderstorm turned off the daylight just when they were almost in the clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The caboose was full of about twenty workmen who jumped at the last instant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of them did not get off in time.</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"><a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_mstl1904.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/wrk_mstl1904.jpg</span></span></a></p> <p> </p>
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