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My life on mountain railroads / William John Gilbert Gould ; edited by William R. Gould.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gould, William John Gilbert, 1888-1961.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gould, William John Gilbert, 1888-1961.
- Gould, William John Gilbert.
- Mountain railroads--Utah--History.
- Mountain railroads.
- Mountain railroads--Utah--Employees--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1995.
- Logan Utah State University Press, [1995]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1917, Gilbert Gould achieved his dream to be an engineer, and began running engines for the Denver & Rio Grande and later for the Utah Railway. He was a natural storyteller, and his recollections are entertaining and historically rewarding.
- Contents:
- Trackside childhood
- From newsboy to roundhouse : starting to work
- Learning to fire
- Life along the rails
- My mentor on the road
- At the rat hole flashing the door
- Old heads, rails, and boomers
- Railroad hazards and wrecks
- Engineer on the Rio Grande
- Running the Utah trains
- Life on the Utah railway.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613283320
- 9781283283328
- 1283283328
- 9780874213478
- 0874213479
- 9780585024899
- 0585024898
- OCLC:
- 44962831
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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