Broome v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.

On the day in question, plaintiff Broome, a long-time employee of defendant corporation, as rear brakeman on defendant’s freight train, consisting of one of its heavier steam engines and a diesel engine and 110 freight cars and caboose, began a trip from Belen, New Mexico toward Amarillo, Texas. Plaintiff immediately before the start of the journey, in his official capacity, received orders for the train to slow down to about 10 miles per hour at Madrone, New Mexico, a point two miles east of Belen, in order that the train could switch tracks and avoid a derailed car or cars in Madrone.…