The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-10-26
SOME QUEER "RUNS"
MEN OF THE RAIL RELATE ExPE-
RlENcEs.
Rather Startling Yarns Are Told When
the Crowd "sits In"-Why the
Special Had to Wait on
the Dragon.

tne dragon
"rll bet four dollars" said the sec.
ond trick dispatcher. as he sat in"
at four O'Clock. you'll never see that
combination again in a hundred
years"
What combination are you talkin'
about now?" inquired the operator,
lazily.
why. look a-herel" persisted the
guardian of the second trick. Engine
Ill arrived at Kansas City at I'LL
p. m.-engine 222 poked her nose into
the yard at 2:22 p. m. and I'm nutty
If engine 1888 didn't pull over the main
line switch at 1888 this afternoon.
What dye think O. that?"
That's nothin'." exclaimed the man.
ager. disdainfully. when l was dis
patchin' back yonder in the SOS on
the Lawrence & Lowell road the en-
gines used to wear names. Some bore
the name of stars and NEUROLOGICAL
beings. Others were named for men.
One day | had couple of trains on
the road during my hours the coin
cident features Of which gives your
combination a commonplace appear
ance. One train was running from
Lowell to Lawrence. The engine bore
the name of the former city, Lowell,
and was handled by Engineer Frank
Lowell. Frank Lawrence was the
conductor. At Lawrence Junction a
train was met with which was going
from Lawrence to Lowell. hauled by
engine Lawrence with Engineer Fred
Lawrence at the throttle. while Con-
ductor Fred Lowell was In charge of
the train"
Every man in the office simply
stared and sighed heavily.
What" continued the manager, in
disgust Don't believe it? Well,
it's the truth, as sure as my name is
Larry"
Say, Lowell" said a man present.
what does Larry stand for, any
way?"
manager, Lawrence Lowell"
Say, fellows" said the detective.
who dropped in to inquire about the
mail train, did l ever tell you about
the time | ran an engine on the Long
and Short railway?' and without wait
ing for a reply, he proceeded with
the narrative. "One day | went down
to the depot to take out my run. My
sweetheart. picture of anxiety, was
there to meet me.
"Bill,' said she. tremulously. don't
60 out to-day
Tut-tut girl, couldn't do
trick like that. It's near leaving time
now
40. Billl' she pleaded, don't go.
You must not gol ] had a dreadful
dream last night. ] dreamed your
train got in-on time!
well, gentlemen, | went out on the
run al right, but I'll never forget it
On November IL, the eleventh day of
the eleventh month-at 11:11 a. m.
train No. IL with engine IL, baggage
car IL. containing IL trucks, mail car
22. chair car 3S. dining car "A, went
in the ditch at mile post 55. The
wreck was cleared at IL D. m. There
were IL persons injured and the dam
age suits filed were for an aggregate
of $1,000. All of this happened IL
years ago. and l have told the story
about eleven hundred times"
And every time," ventured the Of
fee boy, you added IL new gags!"
Il used to run a train." said the
yardmaster, who happened along just
in time to gather from the conversa-
ton that engine names were being
considered. "The day of the big
money panic three or four dozen
years ago. had the president of the
road out on an inspection trip. All
of a sudden he got some bad news,
and told his clerk to wire the super
intendent to give US clear track
and fast run to Chicago. Golly, boys,
but we burned up the track. After
spinning along for so miles so fast
that the telegraph poles resembled a
barricade, we came to a sudden and
apparently unnecessary stop. The
company had. short time previous
ly. put in service locomotive which
was. for those days, mechanical mar
vel. She was named The Dragon
Her rating was 95 cars. There wasn't
a passing track on the road that would
clear such a train. l hustled around
and discovered that we had been
tagged by the crew of The Dragon.
She was there with her rating.
Conductor demanded the presi-
dent, when gave a proceed signal,
after several minutes delay, why are
we being detained here?
1--WE answered respectfully, will
have to saw by The Dragon. She is
here with dragon kansas City
Star.