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FLAT CAR
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It was a job for Casey Jones or Sherlock Holmes. But since neither was available, Fort Worth police were called in. And, with the help of the city's helicopter, they closed the case. The caper began when vandals hoisted a maintenance-type railroad car onto the tracks near Felix Street on the city's south side, and gave it a shove. The car headed south and kept going. Railroad officials told police that the car was rolling along a downgrade and might reach Burleson before it stopped. This would pose a d to motorists at crossings and might result in a head-on crash with another railroad vehicle. So the copter was called in and started
hunting. weeds in
runaway car finally Th e
the 62-hundred block of Hemphill*, where it
had jumped the tracks. The helicopter attracted a swarm of youngsters M and they volunteered to put the car back on the tracks. An MKT crew later