Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

LYNNE, Chief Judge.

On November 25, 1951, defendant’s railroad train, the Crescent, normally running between Montgomery and New ■Orleans over its own rails, was proceeding southbound at Woodstock, Alabama, ■over the plaintiff's tracks, due to a detour caused by a damaged trestle on defendant’s line. The detour was made under an arrangement ruled by a written Detour Agreement between the parties. Such train was being operated by plaintiff’s employees, and defendant had only one employee thereon, who was there solely for the purpose of keeping a record of the tickets for interline accounting.…