Not CB&Q, but given some of the stories you all have been telling, I'm
wondering if there might not have been of animosity going on here...
"On September 13, 1949, about 3:20 a.m., at Marceline, Mo., while an Atchison,
Topeka an Santa Fe Railway Diesel-electric locomotive was hauling a freight
train at an estimated., speed of 4 miles per hour, the engineer's foot slipped
from the safety control pedal of control unit 101, resulting in sudden stop of
the train with heavy run-in of the slack. The conductor who was in the caboose
was seriously injured."
I'm not saying that it COULDN'T happen, I'm just saying that I've got a
different outlook now... :)
Cheers!
Jan
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