Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Cross

At Reading, a small town in Lyon County, the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company are crossed by the three streets of the town which run north and south. There are three railroad tracks crossing these streets. The north one is a side-track called the passing track. Next is the main track, on the south side of which the station house is located. South of this is what is called the house track. The town of Reading is built on both sides of these tracks. At about three o’clock in the afternoon of December 10, 1892, a freight train going west was run onto the passing track…