Tony, That sounds like a great scene to re-create on a layout. A locomotive and crew looking for a switch that has been removed. Oh, and thanks for passing along the story.
Later, Trent Anthony Dixon wrote: > The driver stopped the engine, and alighted to join the > fireman who told him the spur switch to the main line which > had been there for years, and used the previous day had > disappeared. The track stopped 50 yards short of the main line! >