I can't answer your question, but it reminded me of a story that my railroader friend told me. He and a couple of other section hands were sent from Murphysboro, Illinois north to Ava, Illinois with a little putt car and attached trailer. They were instructed to clean a bunch of sickle mower knives out of an old storage building at Ava. There were also a couple of barrels nearly full of assorted mower parts. The trailer was loaded and the mower knives were piled high and they set out for Murphysboro on the GM&O. A couple of miles south of Ava there was a right curve with visibility blocked by the Bum's Hotel bluff. The curve is sharp enough that there was a track oiler to oil the wheel flanges, and the whole area was a nasty oily mess. Jim was clipping right along as he entered the curve, with his two helpers dozing against one of the barrels. Unbeknownst to Jim and his crew, the station at Murphysboro had taken delivery of a brand new putt car, speedy with modern features. The bosses wanted to try out the new car and were northbound at high speed entering the other end of the Bum's Hotel curve. When they got sight of each other, both cars slammed the brakes, but Jim said that it seemed to make them go faster. Everyone jumped from both cars and had only minor injuries, but Jim said that some of those mower knives went through the windshields of both cars. Lots of damage - lots of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Long story, but it brings back good memories of an old friend, now deceased.
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