The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-20
RAILROADS

Valentine Republican: A bad
wreck occurred three miles west of
Valentine Tuesday morning at about
$50 o'clock to a double-header stock
train with twenty cars of cattle. The
train was running at full speed and
the supposition is that a critter got
out at an end door of the car and fell
on the track, deraiing three cars.
The manner in which the track was
torn up shows that one car had been
off quite a distance before the wreck
occurred and was pulled along on the
ties. The train being headed by two
engines gave such power that the en-
gineers did not notice an unusual
draft until the clash came. Three
cars were piled crosswise on the track
but the caboose containing the train
men and caretakers of the cattle was
not damaged in the least and the most
remarkable part of the smashup was
that not a man was injured. The
three cars derailed contained seventy
seven head of cattle, five of which
were killed outright and one had its
leg broken. AS soon as the trainmen
could get at the cars the doors were
scattered over the prairie like wild
animals. Mont Bishop was employed
to gather the cattle up and had at
dusk succeeded in finding all the cat
tie, which he corraled in the stock
yards to await reloading. The steel
crew which is laying new rails west of
this city was taken to the scene to
clear the wreckage and shortly after
o'clock the road was put in condition
that trains were running again. The
men worked faithfully to get the track
in shape, not even stopping for their
dinners. The wreck occurring at the
hour it did gave ample time to get the
track in shape without delaying the
passenger trains.
Lincoln Journal: "The time of ar
rival and departure of important trains
on connecting roads at important ter
minals fixes the time cards for the
interior territory covered by a great
system" says a railroad man. "The
passing of the local railroad that was
patronized and built up by local bust
ness, marks the passing of time cards
made solely to fit local service. The
newer time card offers such accommo-
dation to the local portion of the pub
lie as distance and running time gives
it. Here is an example:
Lincoln and Omaha are the most
important cities in Nebraska and give
the Burlington and Rock Island rail-
roads more business than any other
two cities. Both roads are important
links in transcontinental lines. Both
roads run their most important trains
through these towns at hours made
necessary by Chicago and Rocky
mountain train connections. The Bur-
lington leaves out Omaha on it's most
important train, but brings train to
Lincoln to connect with it that neces-
states a wait here for westbound pas
sengers of over two hours. The Rock
Islands most important westbound
train leaves Omaha about midnight,
and it's eastbound train of equal i'm
portance passes that town in the small
hours of the morning.
"In the days when the Burlington
was a local road in Nebraska with
little or no pretensions to through
service, time cards were made to fit
local conditions. There were not so
many trains then and the people really
did not have such good service as they
have now. But If the roads could have
grown great and remained local in
their character the train service
would have been much different"
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