One-Legged Railroad Car

The following apparently untruthful story is from the Erie dispatch: A remarkable accident occurred on the N. Y. P. & O. R. R. a few days ago, and it is scarcely probable that anything like is has been heard of before, it should be placed on the record. The facts are these: Train 33, regular freight, was passing over the first division at night and in the train was one coal car on which was loaded an engine driver. The train men found the car above specified had no wheels under one end, both pairs of trucks being missing. A search for a distance along the line proved fruitless, but the fact remained that the train was on the track all right, and the one-legged car was held up by the coupling alone.

The next day the station agent at Columbus was surprised at seeing a pair of trucks standing on the side track at his station. He reported the facts to headquarters and the mystery was explained. Columbus is four miles east of Corry, and the loaded car was carried safely through the distance by the coupling. The officers are still wondering how such a thing can be, as the chances in such as case are as a million to one that the train would be ditched and probably badly wrecked. The trains speed was about twenty miles an hour, and the mysterious car occupied an important place about the middle of the train.

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