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Dead (brake)men tell no tales

By Brian Schmidt | February 9, 2024

A row of ropes hang from a crossbar on a telltale in front of a covered railroad bridge in a snowy landscape in Vermont — This telltale near Cambridge Junction, Vt., protected trainmen who might be walking the roof of a St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad freight train from the low clearance up ahead. David P. Morgan Library collection

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