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Workin' on the railroad; reminiscences from the age of steam. / Edited with commentary.
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia HE2751 .W67 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reinhardt, Richard, compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- History.
- Railroads--United States--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Palo Alto, Calif. : American West Pub. Co., [1970]
- Summary:
- "Surveyors, section men, telegraphers, conductors, engineers, brakemen, boomers, speculators, porters, firemen -- all and more tell their stories in this book"--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- Three witnesses at the birth of the iron horse
- Whale oil, pitch pine, and ingenuity
- Pathfinders and rock pushers
- The brakeman's glorious, rowdy life
- Head end, left side
- Hogger at work
- Roundhouse and shop
- Railroad town
- Bucking snow
- The kingdom of the keys
- Section gang
- Certainty, security, and celerity
- A cake and coffee stop
- Dance of death in the switchyards
- Tickets, please
- Lord of the Pullman car
- The brave engineer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0910118177
- OCLC:
- 116465
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