Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-03-22 | Page 2 | Mad Race after a Freight Train Section

MAD RACE AFTER A FREIGHT TRAIN dispatcher gave an order which would have caused a collision indianapolis ind march 22 A wad race with a switch engine after a fast train had been given alio right of way and was drawing closer every moment upon another train which was advancing under similar orders was tho method utilized to prevent a wreck m the baltimore ohio southwestern railroad the dispatcher at washington pave a fast freight at shoals the right of w ay over another fast freight which was at washington the order yut both trains on the main line with the right of way A few moments after the cast bound train pulled out the discovered his mistake and abandoning his instruments flew to the railroad yards and demanded an engine one was standing on tho track and in a moment it waa switched to the main track the throttle thrown open and tho race began to overtake tho rapidly moving train it to be a long and exceedingly heavy train about ten miles out from washington the red lights on tho caboose were distinguished every available pound of steam was crowded on and the engine came up behind alic train just before it reached a way station where it was run ini on switch the loss of another minute would have brought two trains together