"Looking Back. . .125 years ago"
The article says it was 1887.
"A freight train was doing some switching at the depot last Monday as No 1 whistled in sight. The switch was left open, and the incoming passenger barely escaped running on the sidetrack, or, maybe from a wreck, by Dr Pattison, who ran and turned the switchblock just as No 1 came thundering through the station."
"Looking Back. . .125 years ago"
The article says it was 1887.
"A freight train was doing some switching at the depot last Monday as No 1 whistled in sight. The switch was left open, and the incoming passenger barely escaped running on the sidetrack, or, maybe from a wreck, by Dr Pattison, who ran and turned the switchblock just as No 1 came thundering through the station."
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