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E are called for twelve o’clock to take out No; 907, Hi
Donnelly’s fireman called to him as he 'Spoiled -over- to
the round-house. The fireman climbed on the engine
get ready for a trip, while Donnelly walked over to the dçspateher’s
(office to get his orders. '
Donnelly was in the helper service/, running orieHof thé big
Engines which were attached to all west-bound trains out of Glenp-’s
Terry, to help them over Medbury hill.
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. ’ Donnelly had applied ‘ at the superintendent’s' office in Pocatello
three months before for a position as engmeman. Experienced rail
road men were scarce and Donnelly was sen to u t to Glenn’s T erry,
thè next division, to run a helper ■ engine, notwithstanding the fact
(that he could not produce a »clearance" from the last road for which
he had worked—th e D. & R g But the superintèndeht did not know
that* Donnelly had lost his job on the D. & R.*G:oh-arcfeunt of care
le ssn e ss—an unpardonabfe failing in an engineer: His 4ast offence t
^there had been to run his train through ah open switch/when the
I red -light showed plainly against him.
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“Any orders for No.,907?”.said Donnelly, as he stepped into the
I despatclier’s i office.
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“Here you are,” and one of the operators ^shoved out a handtul
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T-hè^hgineër glanced at his orders and saw that his-engine, B,o,
. 907, 'Was to go- into the- shops a t Pocatello. He went over to Where '
'No.t907 was dying and read the ôrders to his fireman.
“Light engine, Ko? 907, nine hundred seven, -will riin extra
east,a Glenn’s Ferry to Pocatello: .
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“Engine-907, hine hundred seven, extra east, and.tram g g g H
five, will meet at Bliss. I Engine 907, nine hundred seven, will take
siding.
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