Evening journal., 1909-12-28
THE EVENING JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER %. 1909

Baltimore 10 Jersey City. which should
have arrived in Jersey City about O'Clock
yesterday morning. and the othor was a
stock train
In order 20 open up the track orders
were .given for the two trains ahead to
back ON a side track to allow the through
train to pass. one OF the cars In the stock
train became deraiod and It took several
hours to replace It. The switches were so
caked with snow that they were cleared
with tho greatest difficulty. Tho switch
lights wero frequently hidden from Wow,
and It was necessary for the train crews
IN some cases 10 calculate about where
the light should be and dig in the drifts
until they found Il. Even when buried 20
depth OF several feet under the SNOW
the lights did not become extinguished.
but when uncovered were burning bright
~
About . o'clock. after a delay Of two
hours at West Junction. the train left on
the last leg Of the journey to Wilmington.
In 10 minutes the last two miles was COW
cred with little difficulty After taking on
water and coal tho train left to begin tho
| fight against the snow to New York. The
most difficult place on the road was said
to be West Junction, whore the train was
delayed for two hours.
First Train Gets Out.
The Pittsburg limited. the first train to
move south over tho r. and Q, r. r.
left Wilmington at o'clock yesterday
morning As far as Singerly, the train
ran south on the northbound track. as
only the ono track had been cleared Of
snow. Tho run was made in good time,
considering the conditions. and the train
reached Baltimore at o'clock yesterday
morning.
A number OF railroad employees who had
been ON duty from "a TO 40 hours went to
Baltimore on the first train from VIII
mington They agreed that it was one
OF tho worst snowstorms they had ever
seen. on one Of the trains when the rear
brakeman went back 10 flag a train he
was caught I'm q snowdrift about five feet
deep and HIS companions dug him out In
many cases the men htd been working In
snow up to their waist in the cold for
more than "a hours.
Derrick Reseues Train.
The Royal Blue Express train bound TO
Washington from New York. which was
stalled In 10 feet OF snow in the cut below
the Upland station, on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. about noon on Sunday was
released last night by the 7s-ton wreck
ing apparatus brought from Baltimore
with force Of 100 men.
The train was transferred TO the east
bound track, which was being temporar-
lily used for west-bound traffic. and pro
ceeded TO washington. The passengers
we're transferred to another train earl.e
in the day.
Movement on tho p, 3. g. w.
The first train from Baltimore over the
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington
Railroad since late Saturday night, reach
, ed Wilmington about f13O o'clock yester
day morning. A couple OF trains from
Philadelphia got as far south as Perry
Vile yesterday. In some Of the deep cut
there the snow is said TO be 80 feet deep
} and the trains were unable to get through
/ them on the level the snow was full.
, three feet deep.
! Passengers on the first train from Bal
+ timore were greatly surprised TO find how
much greater the storm was in this sec
tion than It was In Baltimore.
All day yesterday a number Of train
were snowbound between the susquehanns
river and Newark. and the passenger
aboard IN some cases arc said TO hav'
suffered more or less from both cold an'
hunger.