TODAY ON THE UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE REPORT.

It's always important to have the brakes set, the reverser centered, and the controls disabled by taking the brake and reverse levers with you.  Otherwise, somebody might be led into temptation.

On Friday morning, March 7, 1958, at 2:10 a.m. at the Calumet Rail Yards, a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train crew, with their train parked and running, disembarked to take a breakfast break.

When they returned after breakfast, the engine and nine cars were gone.

The train traveled 10 miles and went through 20 crossings before the engine and two box cars smashed through a dead-end obstruction, traveled 60 feet, and plunged into 18 feet of water in the Two Rivers harbor.

It wasn't the sort of neglect that led to Lac Megantic being destroyed. Nor was it an Andrews raid. But somebody tampered with the train. "Further investigation by police found that someone had boarded the engine and advanced the throttle. The train was traveling at an estimated 50 to 60 mph before it took the plunge into the harbor." It's still an unsolved cold case.