N&W in 1910--Dead dog

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I believe that some(?) locos had brake valves that were triggered if  
the pony truck derailed; maybe the dog carcass hit that.

pete groom
On Nov 17, 2009, at 5:45 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> May 25, 1910

>

> IN CITY AND COALFIELD

> ------

> Dead Dog Stops Train

>     The passengers on train No. 11 on the Clinch Valley received a  

> big scare on Monday afternoon near Cedar Bluff, when the air brakes  

> were suddenly thrown on and the train came to a standstill.   

> Passengers jumped from every car to see what was wrong and on  

> investigation by the train crew it was found that a shepherd dog  

> which had been run over had been thrown in such a way that an angle  

> cock on the air hose was closed and this brought the train to the  

> sudden stop.

> ------

> [Closing an angle cock would not cause the brakes to go into  

> emergency, but there are two other possibilities.  The most likely  

> is that the unfortunate dog could have been thrown up by the  

> engine's pilot and its body could have opened the angle cock on the  

> front of the engine, which would cause the brakes to go into  

> emergency, or, less likely, the dog's body could have somehow hit  

> and uncoupled the air hoses between the tender and the first car, or  

> between two of the cars, likewise causing the brakes to go into  

> emergency.]

>

> Gordon Hamilton

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