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At the M. & T. station , however , the excitement increased , manifesting itself in many ways . The trains came in and went out on their scheduled time , and the routine work went on without variation , but there was a nervous alertness evident everywhere . Train crews stood in little knots about the platform and yards , speculating about the fight whose issue meant much to each of them , but in which they had not as yet been able to take a part . At one forty-five No. 14 , which leaves Truesdale at two o'clock for Tillman City , St. Johns , and Manchester , backed down to the station to take on its passengers . Carse , the conductor , stood near the cab talking to the engineer and the fireman , keeping all the while an eye on the passengers . `` We 're getting a big crowd to-day , '' he observed . `` That 's McDowell of the C. & S.C. getting in the rear coach there .