1907 - Steam Shovel on Rampage

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And Vicker(s) is spelled wrong too.  Newspaper fact-checking standards 
haven't changed much since the day.

Sam Putney

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> "It seems that the draw-bar was pulled out at Waltons and the shovel 

> started down the track. The operator at Vickars was notified that it was 

> coming and was instructed to place some obstruction on the track so as to 

> derail the  car. He did so, but placed it on the wrong track, and in a few 

> moments the flying car, going at the rate of about forty miles per hour, 

> flew by."

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> Quite an amazing feat considering it's uphill from Walton to Vicker... 

> pretty sure it was even before the grade realignment

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> Robb Fisher

> RFDI

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