The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-13
IN THE NICK or TINE
Moments OF Intense Anxiety n ~ EnEi-
neer's Night KuR.

neer's Night Kun.
Irop, the Ps;,adeiahio Times.
Dill Joncs. the driver Of the big exprsss ems
CINE I. 49,. wibel his hands on 6unch OF wssie
start la. front tho green light below the head
sane trail, would follow. shone brightly. Wills
.ars stretched out into the darkness beyond
AT last the signal came. With nlert sensos
the ensinsnan opened the throttle. ana the
traces in HARRISBURG yard ON its ione run to
rnadephIa Little by ittS NOR: steam was
rssa along sem tho noise sn
roar ceased. ind then tue steady click. cBckity.
c!iek oi TUG whoels as they passed orer the
with freight cars hal been isit, behind; Gath
erinz momsntnm. ths train dashe. into the
. anss night 6, Far On 1ar IN the distance n,, lT
+ .sS % ~ suddenly ssssiias Lights ssn
looking Oil the more gigantic in tho radiance:
ran hi,her ami ,hither upon tasks which could
ot,eI out. II was srouD OF iron ' mills. On
,he IA canal and The broad susanehannH q. a
ac oss twlnk!ei the dim light OF another train
emphasized By clearer light , AZ the lurnaGe
coanection which had LOFT, Harrisburg i've
and sRs wh lis Sounds through
night. Two minutes later an answering blast
fioa.ed slseDliy across the water.
whisging by q coal train which bad crossed
over to the west-bnund track 10 10y 1t pass. anu
other ire ghts held back b. tho sngry rsi of
the semapaore SO that the eIprss' might not
be DELAYED at tho ihte.seetion: Ear ahead s the
lixht ana Joe, released the air he had lust
Jolt. a rumble and twist sped across the innin
line tracks, disappearing down the Mount Joy
sHns The .nss sse ns Med an 'Sr Ha
Just twenty.'wo. minutes from the time tho
express passed the Intersection II drew NJ
a. Mount Joy. fourteen mites distant. and took
the siding to cenr the Pacific express going
sive aud the Only sound WHOM t,roKe the still.
ness was tho stoady wurkinH o:the injector re-
sembliIa nothinEso much as z person pan ting
after n long run From down the valley cana1
o. n headlight and tho rush Of = heavy train
visible in the long line o! sleopers As it passed
Bill reused him,ef and pulled tho whistle cord
srey three to of hs
train again Tor Lancaster
Meanwhile. tho roar brakeman was standing
9ones sSs the
OF tho PaciH. and he saw tho red tail lanns OF
1he "hsr tran s i'm his IN so @ hr
Then there loa,ed back another signal. loot.
loot toot. Tho brskeman's heart leaped; That
meant there was another section oi the Pacific.
ALSO close behind. and the engineer had neg-
lectei 10 call Joness attention TO the green .
whistle, - The III sraksmaS was in u Tusndary
Should he pull the bel! cord and stop the train
only 70 And ,hai BIZ already knew o, , the sec
was supplied with orders. he would invite .
rsprimand TOR his oiticiousness
On the other hand. II his fears were wel
founded and tho express was running on the
single track toward tns opposing ~ train: Hs
staterooms and smoking apartments. and /. is
Coach hin in the middle Of the night when pas.
sSnxrrs sprawl INTO easy 9itt,ndS; o., and extend
sssmea 10 'S ere TX GAINED the
platform OF the front car, clambereu over the
sek Of snfns . .ocs nesse
sseas ss ssr ye GS - S''a
Iies,nin s Calculation. There re 1oult be " at
least Twenty-Five minutes Roadway betwe-n
The tT2 sectors causeu BY The stop at Lancas-
10 e 81 be Eli SaFf The n.1: i've
Leave Lancaster and run slowis TO D!!:ety,!Is,
ITO ipnction OF the B: anch aud the main limo.
Could he with eight ears run the seven miles
aye. Il it we're 10 the wood
AMI tie train foun1s,! ahoad. ii Go nck Jim"
he shouted to The fia2nan. this Is no place
Tor YOU il W. moot her" and the ira imam
obeyed. Three. Eve. seven. eixs. minutes
rasssd. and tue heavy train was shooting for
ond brought tho crisis nearer. He held 10 Hn
the whistle cord. and u lonE uninterrupted
bias, SCUM led. but to the !sver.d seMses OF tho
portion of the main line now. but not where
the passenger trains rur. Then the engine
swung around, and directly in front was Dill
ervlle tower. giving hin, the clear signal. white
lying motionless Jus: hsyoyd was the secohd
SECTION o, Pacific. bold hack br the warning
heard tho wild screen OF Jones's engine and
STOPPED the west train In the nick OF tune.
Iha. lap?sned ten year. ago this month.