Re: A Railroad Saga... (add to it)...

"Vell", he began slowly "I vass here ven t'ey built his line all right... Got a yob braking ven t'ey started running the trains over this mountain."
"One night I vas called as rear brakeman. Ve vere nort'bound vith a heavy trin und der enshin vasn't verking vell....ve got started up dis grade und pretty soon...WhoomBOOM! the enshun's boiler exploded und der enshin crew und head brakeman vas all kilt..Der train stopped und started to roll back down der hill. My conductor und I "decorated" (climbed on top and "cooned" the train) und tied down ass many handbrakes ass ve could, but ve cuddn't get it stopped und it ran avay vith us on top. The whole train piled up on von uff dose sharp curves back t'ere und the conductor died under the wreck. I vas t'rown clear, but busten up real bad. I vas off verk
for many months before I could go back. I dint
haf no oter yob, so I vent back braking. Ever since t'en, in the night ven der vind is right, train crews haf now und again reported seeing a phantom train working up dis grade vith a ghost crew who ver snuffed from life before t'ey ver ready to go....It is said 'tey are still trying to reach the end uff t'eir run, und t'ey vont rest until t'ey do....I sometimes vonder iff t'ey are also vaiting for me to join t'em......