Re: [CBQ] Free rolling cars

[Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>]

Wasn't the era of link and pin couplers?  Coupling on didn't just involve banging into the cars and hoping that the pin dropped

Thank you kindly,

Michael Matalis

Downers Grove IL

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On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Rupert & Maureen wrote:

...At Benkelman, 95 miles from Akron, a freight was standing on the side track.  As the runaway train passed, the engineer ran his engine out with a brakeman on the tender to make the coupling, and gave chase.  It was an exciting chase, but the engine soon closed the gap between itself and the flying train.  About half way between Benkelman and Max the fugitive was overtaken, the coupling successfully made, and the cars, after pulling the engine some distance, brought to a standstill. 

(No white flags or lights to identify it as an extra, nor any marker lights on the rear!)

Rupert Gamlen

Auckland NZ

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