Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Jeff.

Contributor:

Museum, Interurban Railway.

Series:

Murder & Mayhem

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Texas--History.

Crime.

Railroads--Texas--History.

Railroads.

Texas.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

"Texas has a long, romantic history when it comes to railroads. But even though steam engines and streetcars offer nonstop service to Nostalgia City, there's a dark side to Texas rail. The Black Widow of Fort Worth engineered a fatal double-cross at a railroad crossing. The Mountaineer Madman brought death to the Texas Electric Railway, while the Trolley Bandit terrorized the citizens of El Paso. From a freak accident involving a banana peel to a tragic trip to see Santa Claus, Jeff Campbell and the staff of the Interurban Railway Museum cross the Lone Star State on trains derailed by murder and mayhem."-- Publisher description

Contents:

A few definitions

Mountaineer madman

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery

Revenge of the motorman

The death of Larkin George

Railway employees : into the jaws of death

Texas Electric Railway rule book no. 1

Trains, pains and automobiles

The 1914 Woodlake Interurban wreck

The mystery of John H. Dillehay's death

Teenage killer

Anarchy in El Paso

Train wreck at Waterman

Jefferson, Texas

Disorder on the border

The valley of death

Porter perils

June 10, 1907 : blame it on the moon

Families shattered in Plano

The cost of cost-cutting

Miscellaneious mayhem

Ever-present danger.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4396-7525-2

OCLC:

1345590456