The couple, who were not injured, said they initially thought the train was braking or had run over uprooted ties.
About fifteen minutes out of the station the train braked so violently that all the carriages shuddered, and we nearly left the rails.
The morning sun rose into a sky clear of rain clouds when the train braked to a stop just short of the washout.
He recalled hearing a whistle, then his train slowed and braked suddenly just before the impact.
The train was braking and the drunken crowd in the car roared its approval as men grabbed suitcases from the upper racks.
I got up-the train was already braking as it pulled into a station.
The train braked hard at the fireman's shout, 'There's a man on the line.'
The train was braking hard now, but Harry could not think fast enough.
The train braked, rudely pitching the two men together.
As the train braked, passengers on the platform seized and held Mr. Perez, who was arrested by the police.