The two B&WSR workers stare and him, and finally turn to each other. One speaks.
“We certainly do. Where are we going to hire enough horses to haul this thing out of the way?”
“That won't even help,” replies the other. “Our rails have warped and sunk under its weight. Light, he calls it?”
A day later, a work crew has been assembled, and the Berlin & Waterloo lays new tracks around the slowly sinking hulk. (It's not like putting down rails takes years of work. No one would believe that.)
“We certainly do. Where are we going to hire enough horses to haul this thing out of the way?”
“That won't even help,” replies the other. “Our rails have warped and sunk under its weight. Light, he calls it?”
A day later, a work crew has been assembled, and the Berlin & Waterloo lays new tracks around the slowly sinking hulk. (It's not like putting down rails takes years of work. No one would believe that.)