Erie R. v. Irons

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

On the occasion in question, a Bush Terminal freight ear float was moored to a float bridge of the Erie Railroad Company in the navigable waters of the Hudson River at Jersey City. A switching crew, consisting of a conductor, two brakemen, an engineer and fireman, was engaged in shunting loaded freight cars onto the float. One draft had been placed on its southerly track. The engine with three empty pushers and the remaining draft of five loaded cars then proceeded to move eastwardly over the bridge and onto the northerly track of the float. The movement was being made…