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“Start braking here,” came the
command.

The engineer obeyed, and as the
brake shoes started to bite and squeal,
the train’s momentum = slackened.
Another minute went by. Then the
man with the automatic spoke again.

“Pull up beside the big rock.” ‘The
“big rock” was a prominent landmark
besides the track, and the train was
within a few hundred yards of it.

“He’s sure got this planned,”
thought Callin.

Now by this time of course Joe
Callin had figured that he was taking
a star part in the dramatic story of the
second train robbery in Canadian
railroad history, but he didn’t know
that the man who stood behind him
had also engineered the first.

When the train came to a hissing
halt beside the big rock, a_ third
masked and armed man appeared like
a shadow from the darkness and stood
by the cab steps.

After the Mail

With quick, unhurried commands
the holdup men herded the engineer
and fireman to the ground and forced
them to uncouple the mail car from
the train. A brakeman and conductor
dropped off the train, lanterns glim-
mering, to see what caused the un-
scheduled stop. The gunmen quickly
ordered them back on the train. Then
Callin and Ratcliffe were escorted
back to the engine and ordered to
take the mailcar up the track, where
another halt was made. Again they
were forced out of the cab and told
to order the mail clerks to open the
mail car door. When Clerks Mc-
Quarrie and Willis obeyed, two of the
masked men climbed in.

“Where's the express?” demanded
one of the bandits.

The nervous clerks explained the
car only held mail. Quickly the gun-
men pocketed a few registered pack-
ages, then swung to the ground.

“That's all we want from you
fellows,” said the short man with the
automatic. And then, as the engineer
and fireman climbed back in the cab,
he gave them a half-friendly wave and
added “Good night—take care of
yourselves!”

The locomotive quickly picked up
speed and as it blurred in the dark-
ness the armed trio made for their
horses tethered nearby, and in a few
minutes their drumming hoofbeats
were swallowed in the darkness.

The rest of the episode is briefly
told. The locomotive joined the
train and the Limited made its way
into Kamloops. The excited pas-
sengers had a topic of conversation
for weeks to come, press wires
hummed with front page stories, and
the police were alerted throughout
Western Canada.

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