1907 - Steam Shovel on Rampage

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Vicker, Vickers, Vicar, Vicars has changed over the years according to several maps....
Charlie Long

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>And Vicker(s) is spelled wrong too.  Newspaper fact-checking standards 

>haven't changed much since the day.

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>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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