Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Memoirs, Transportation

Authors: Henry Dawson In Year : 1860

Book Language: English

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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)