The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)
“Asleep On The Sleepers.”
“Asleep On The Sleepers.”
The driver of a goods train (in Canada) which was running up a steep gradient saw a motor-car on the line a few hundred yards ahead. He applied the brakes, but the train did not stop until the car had been given a gentle push. The train crew, on investigating, found a man at the wheel of the car fast asleep. Even the impact of the train on the car had failed to waken him. The crew awakened him; he gave one startled glance at the men around him and the engine towering above his car, stepped on the self-starter, and went off without even saying “Thank you.”—“British United Press,” Montreal.—Courtesy “Railway Gazette,” London.