Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-18

trzan from tas Ftttsbarg d sislon about
half an hour 10 ala hour late. bas as We
oRly tagged AZ Tyrone and Huntingdon
We always came into Harrisburg on time
u the second. This Vas easy On a down
grade and hundred md thirty mile run
without stop. The way we used TO
yank the coaches along the river was
caution, and nzny's the time We ratified
over tho JuGizl. at 4 nile a minute, not
even slowing down for Spruce creek
tunnel
AT that hour Of the night We nearly
always got the white Light from the
towers Now and then the green would
De gwen and ve had g. reduce speed,
bat rarely the red. Wen. this thing Of
running a train like four with clear
track, no stops and nothing 20 Sc but
the ballast and trees alongside Of tho
rails makes a fellow grow indifferent.
and won't say a little nervous IL is
wearing on man 10 speed along through
those mountains hour after hour in tho
middle OF the night, never seeing q light
except in the tower, and feeling the cold
ing hundreds of feet overhead An en-
gineer cannot tell what instant he's GO
ing 10 crash into q landslide. | tell You
a night run Is enough 10 make a man
feel mighty solemn when passing through
Jacks Narrows, or half a dozen other
barren rocky spots. such as can be found
between here and the Susquehanna. all
Of which you boys know well.
The night was speaking OF we left
here thirty minutes late. and hot
box on the smoker held US fifteen min
utes more at Tyrone FORCES. When we
got started again pulled her wide open
and let her rip. We had nine cars on.
three Of them sleepers, and that was a
heavy load for one Of the old style en-
gines. but We bumped along at q lively
rate. Beyond Huntingdon We fairly
hummed along tho canal. depending al
together on the towers, for il was so
dark we couldn't see even the Juniata
right below Us. We had no further
trouble as TO delays. The east bound
freight and coal trains were all side
tracked, and we did not even get green
light until we reached Lewistown juno
ton.
Somehow or other l was not feeling
myself that night. and / don't believe
the fireman and had half dozen words
in the first hundred miles. AS we run
through the Nar-ows leaned out Of the
cab and kept an eye on the track for
rocks. 1t was impossible to see any dis
lance, however, and as turned around
to look for the tail lamps ON the rear
sleeper thought Of the scores of people
behind me riding in fancied security,
while the only safeguard from wreck
was in Providence. Straight up on the
right rose the mountains for nearly a
thousand feet, and on the other hand was
the Juniata. dark and unreal in the wav-
ering glare Of the headlight.
ION and ON we went. past little VII
lagos and farm houses. shooting over tho
road crossings and crashing by empty
stations. all Of which knew by instinct,
for there were no lights to tell us.
AS we drew near the Susquehanna
the air became clearer. and when we
came within sight Of Duncannon the
great flaming stacks Of the iron works
shone ahead Of US like immense torches.
We were again on schedule time when
we passed through the town, and a. we
ran along the bank Of the Susquehanna
! slowed down little. Away across the
water could see the tall switch signals