FOUR firefighters in a South Carolina town plucked a frightened black Lab puppy from the top of a double-decker freight train car and delivered her to a new, loving home.

    “We don’t know how long she was up there,” Liberty assistant fire chief Chris Rowland said Tuesday.

    Rowland’s team of four firefighters was called Sunday evening after Tina Parker of nearby Pickens spotted the pup while she and her family were stopped at a red light and saw the train pass by.

    Parker said she saw what she thought was trash on the top of the train, but then it started moving and she realized it was a small dog.

    She called 911 and followed the train to Liberty about 10 km away.

    A Norfolk Southern spokeswoman said they stopped the train, which was traveling from Pennsylvania to Atlanta.

    The family helped firefighters find the car and firefighter Derek Sargeant scampered up a 7.3-meter extension ladder to get on top of the double-stacked containers.

    The Parkers named the dog Boxcar Hunter, or Boxy for short. They made an appointment with the veterinarian to have the dog checked, but Parker said it seems healthy and happy to be off the train. She has two other dogs and the new pup is getting used to her new surroundings.

    (SD-Agencies)