"Bottling the Air"

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Thanks, Bruce.  Apparently the drag I rode back to Roanoke
had not been put on yard air and pre-tested.  There was an
interesting event that occurred at East Yard about 1972.  If
you remember, there's a 12 degree reverse curve five or so
miles east of Bluefield -- Jug Neck Curve.  If there was a
run-away from Bluefield, supervision and wreck forces
immediately went to Jug Neck to make an appraisal.  There
was a coal train that got away, the head-end crew bailed
off and the forces headed to Jug Neck to pick up the pieces.
There, they found the derailed coal cars, but no engines.  The
engines negotiated the curve and, engineer-less, continued
east.  Despite the loss of air, the compressors on the engines
kept the brakes off.  The run-away collided with a local 
switching the APCO plant at Glen Lynn.  Harry Bundy

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