Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-07
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT HURLEY.
He has an important Bu l;tin Posed al
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He mas an important Blu lsiin Posed a
LDca Depot.
Division suto,i1'endent J. Il. Hurley
4 the Santa re-. with headquarters a.
los trslt la posted The following
tulie.iu 90 DE local depot.
To ali c.LCsrued:
Au atei-eat causing serious loss and de.
lay 10 the traffic recently occurred on this
division by the negligence OF the train
ana engine crews In charge Of an extra
In this case the train consisted Of q
cars, tue way car, and two engines. The
ait man In oder To expedite the hand.
ling Ut tie train through n terminal
yard. had connected the hose from the
nir plant tO tie retr end Of this train aud
prevent delay in pumping NJ IL was
found there WAS a car 10 be- set out i've
cars from the head end. This was
done ait coupled up. and evidence
shows the air va cut through.
IL Vas then found necessary TO replace
q dummy hose between the two engines.
and evidence shows that air waa cut
through after replacing this no q. The
air inspector gave the usual sigma 10
have the air applied and teetides that the
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walked 10 the head end and notified u
?arty he thought 20 be the engineer that
he had twenty-One cars OF air aud four
pipe ear that the air was exceptionally
good, no leaka, piston travel all right;
that he told him tOTalease aud the VII i'm
mad i8ttly released, aud each cer inspected
thereafter b. the inspector. The hand
brakes had beer carefully tested by the
bfakempn and were found to he ~ good
order. The conductor approaching the
I ain with his train orders noticed
lat the gauge In the way eat showed
seventy five pounds OF air. The orders
requiring that this train tase siding
at the first Telegraph station, were
T nd, properly handled. ana clearly
understood Dy both engineers, the
conductor, bukemen and inemen. Air
inspector notified The conductor that he
had TWEEN y u air cars IN good working
order aud four pipe cats, aud the head
engineer advised the conductor that the
ar had he,n tested and was oil right
rode on head engine In
20 he NJ the switch at meet.
ing poii I. Both brekemen rode on
toy OF train. Service test waa not
M lde. and when first application OF
air wa made 10 stop for switch, which
" ; ut o point more than halt q mile
from where the train was 10 head In, Ii
fOund that the air brakes we're In.
The conductor used the whis-
tie and called for hand brs kes and asked
the engineer to reverse the engine. The
brakemen then applied the brakes with
clubs, but train went into a station nj
hi h rate OF speef, wa let In on side
track aud collided with ears and an en-
CINE on side track. causing much dam.
sge. II was found that the second en-
z neer had cut his brake valve in after
le lying the station to ascertain how
much mir was being carried by the head
lie also claimed TO have cut
valve out again. This accident
may have been caused by failure
to cut In the DIR between the two
engines after replacing tho dummy hose.
Il ia more probable, however, that II WA
tho result OF the second engineer cutting
In his brake valve and carrying his en-
g~i1aer's valve in running position, which
ull prevent brake valves from oper
ipg by an application from the lead
rs the second engine would
pump the brakes of II was fully
and freely admitted by the men in
this case that there was nothing that
could have been done that was not
lone, no precautions that could have
been taken or provided by the company,
that had not been taken. To have prev ont
I'd this accident; that IL was due 10 me-
glpct and carelessness IN handling the
pir. The engineers have been discharged
for violating rules Nos. 400, 400, 407, il3.
and il4 The conductor hes been aus
D inied for sixty days for violating rules
Nos. 100 and 400. and more particularly
because rules 4l3 and iii were known by
him not to have been complied with.
| l.. Hibbard. division superintendent
of thu Santa Fe Pacific, has just issued
the following bulletin:
On recent date Il became necessary
Tor two engines, double heading on
trains, 10 eat loOse and run for
In returning to the train the
engineman in charge failed to exercise
good judgment and struck the train. do
slight damage. For failure 20 have
exercised such care In the handling OF
the engines as would have prevented IN
accident, each OF the enginemen nave
entry OF twenty demerit marks placed
against their records. The air brake was
not working on one OF the engines ard
the tender brake wa cut out on Ihs
other, but these were facts known 70
each OF the engin men In charge Of the
respective engines, and we're conditions
should have received due cOnsid-
by each Of them. Enginemen
sh0uld exercise such extreme care and
watchfulness IN returning 10 their trains
under such conditions as will prevent &C
from this cause.
This accident occurred on u straight
track, where there was an unObstructed
view Of the train for ut least a quarter Of
q mile. For this reason the head
brakeman did not 60 out the proper dis.
to llag approaching engine, which.
had he done, the accident would prOba.
not have occurred. For this neglect
and entry Of ten demerit marks has been
placed against his record. Even though
was an unObstructed view OF the
train. IL was his duty 10 go out the proper
distance and signal engines when they
game In sight, and had IL been after dark.
he should have gone out the proper dis'
md put down torpedoes In addition
IN tagging with red light.
Conductors will see TO IL that the above
instructions are carried out in like cases