Tom followed the man and so did Sam and Dick.
"Freight train ahead, off the track," announced Tom.

"We ran into the last car." "Let us go up front and see how bad it is," returned Dick.

"Maybe this will tie us up here for hours." "Oh, I hope not," cried Sam.

"I want to get to the college just as soon as possible.

I'm dying to know what it's like." "We can be thankful we were not hurt, Sam," said his older brother.
"If our engineer hadn't stopped the train as he did we might have had a fearful smashup." "I know it," answered Sam soberly, and then the boys walked forward to learn the full extent of the damage done and what prospects there were of continuing their journey.
To my old readers the lads just mentioned will need no special introduction, but for the benefit of those who have not read the previous volumes in this "Rover Boys Series" let me state that the brothers were three in number, Dick being the oldest, fun-loving Tom coming next and Sam the youngest.