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 #198367  by PRRGuy
 
Today, due to a cracked brake line on train 108, it left sheridan with only 2 of its 8 cars. The passenger extra from Gary, picked them up later in the morning and ran as a 12 car extra down 11th street..with a trailer bringing up the markers to boot!

 #198470  by dinwitty
 
all the passengers moved to the good cars?

how did they handle the bad brake line?

 #198492  by PRRGuy
 
what people they did have on the train they moved to the head 2 cars, to move that car, we dropped the pans on that car and the trailor, those were the now 2 end cars on the west end, also we cut out the trucks and they're ready to move.