Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

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Henry Dawson 1860
English
  • Preface
  • Running in a Fog
  • A Close Shave
  • A Collision
  • Collision Extraordinary
  • Burning of the Henry Clay
  • The Conductor
  • Bravery of an Engineer
  • The Fireman
  • The Brakeman
  • A Dream in the "Caboose"
  • An Unmitigated Villain
  • A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning
  • An Abrupt Call
  • The Good Luck of being Obstinate
  • Human Lives v. The Dollar
  • Forty-two Miles Per Hour
  • Used up at Last
  • A Victim of Low Wages
  • Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men
  • Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man
  • A Bad Bridge
  • A Warning
  • Singular Accidents
  • Ludicrous Incidents
  • Explosions
  • How a Friend was Killed
  • An Unromantic Hero
  • The Duties of an Engineer
Henry Dawson has written several vignettes of railroad men from the days of steam locomotives. His goal is to show the reader that they are not just rough men, but are also brave and heroic men through descriptions of divers dangers encountered on the tracks. (Summary adapted from the Preface)

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