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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, MARCH, 1972 , 7 An accident may be, as Ambrose Bierce once defined it, a normal occurrence according to natural laws, or so it seemed last month, when still another train left the tracks in western Utah. Natural or not, train wrecks are commonplace for that select group of men and machines whose speciality is getting the wheels of commerce turning again. After a century of railroading, it's still a tough job, and for the most part, one of good old fashioned hard work. . Railroad men are encouraged to keep an eye on swinging booms and the like. Extra pair of eyes would come in handy in protecting ones flank. Railroad. company slogans sometimes afford comic relief amidst serious circumstances. This Santa Fe boxcar went all the, way to the dump. . . t .1 i Ik t i ( i i |