Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Girl Ran Locomotive. [ARTICLE]

Girl Ran Locomotive.

"I dare you to run this engine,” said William Pagenhart, an engineer employed by the contractors doubletracking a division of an eastern railroad, to Miss Ethel Seiple, a telephone girl. “You can’t dare me,” was the prompt reply the engineer reoeived, and without further ceremony the young woman jumped into the cab, threw open the throttle and the engine started down the tracks. The contractors had laid their own tracks from Wapwallopen to a point where a trestle is built. Miss Seiple sent the engine down the half-mile at high speed and brought it to a stop at the termination of the track. She handled the engine in a way that surprised the engineer, who was permitted to ride as a passenger.