[CBQ] Road rage

["'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Road rage (and the issue of gun control) is evidently not a new phenomena. From the Railway Age of April 1888 -

The problem of running a railroad in the “tough” lumber-district [Chicago] is not yet wholly solved. Last week, Thursday, a dispute arose at a grade crossing between a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and a Burlington switch train. Stones and pins were freely thrown, and one Burlington man, who was struck in the face by a lump of coal, drew his revolver and fired at the engine of the other train. A race on parallel tracks ensued and one of the engines, to gain time, was cut loose from its train. Which then ran back down a grade past some danger signals at a grade crossing, but no harm was done.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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Posted by: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>

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