07-10-2013, 06:26 AM
The railroad actually ran a lot of long, 25-35 car, trains. What would happen is there'd be a derailment and the crew onboard would drag whatever cars it could ahead of the derailed car on down the line while a second crew worked to rerail the derailed cars and fix the track:
CNUR5SilosNapoleonOH5-12-10 by railohio, on Flickr
CNUR5SilosNapoleonOH5-12-10 by railohio, on Flickr