Lives & Memoirs
Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer
Henry Dawson
1860
3h 32m
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Henry Dawson recalls a working life on the footplate as a locomotive engineer, with its dangers, adventures, and the daily drama of the rails in the great age of steam. His firsthand trips bring railroading to life. An engaging read for anyone who loves trains, steam engines, and the men who drove them.
Inside this audiobook
29 chapters
- 1Preface2m
- 2Running in a Fog9m
- 3A Close Shave10m
- 4A Collision8m
- 5Collision Extraordinary6m
- 6Burning of the Henry Clay8m
- 7The Conductor7m
- 8Bravery of an Engineer9m
- 9The Fireman10m
- 10The Brakeman9m
- 11A Dream in the "Caboose"11m
- 12An Unmitigated Villain8m
- 13A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning6m
- 14An Abrupt Call4m
- 15The Good Luck of being Obstinate7m
- 16Human Lives v. The Dollar6m
- 17Forty-two Miles Per Hour8m
- 18Used up at Last5m
- 19A Victim of Low Wages9m
- 20Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men7m
- 21Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man8m
- 22A Bad Bridge8m
- 23A Warning7m
- 24Singular Accidents5m
- 25Ludicrous Incidents4m
- 26Explosions5m
- 27How a Friend was Killed11m
- 28An Unromantic Hero6m
- 29The Duties of an Engineer9m
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