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Catalog date:
2021-05-17
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mleigh
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Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

Henry Dawson (1825/6 - )

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)

Genre(s): Memoirs, Transportation

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface mleigh
 00:02:04
Play 01 Running in a Fog Rita Boutros
 00:08:53
Play 02 A Close Shave Rita Boutros
 00:09:30
Play 03 A Collision Availle
 00:07:44
Play 04 Collision Extraordinary Alan Mapstone
 00:05:45
Play 05 Burning of the Henry Clay E.M. Allen
 00:08:28
Play 06 The Conductor E.M. Allen
 00:06:44
Play 07 Bravery of an Engineer Rita Boutros
 00:09:29
Play 08 The Fireman Rita Boutros
 00:10:04
Play 09 The Brakeman Rita Boutros
 00:09:12
Play 10 A Dream in the "Caboose" Rita Boutros
 00:11:26
Play 11 An Unmitigated Villain E.M. Allen
 00:07:55
Play 12 A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning Alan Mapstone
 00:06:15
Play 13 An Abrupt Call E.M. Allen
 00:03:49
Play 14 The Good Luck of being Obstinate Availle
 00:06:50
Play 15 Human Lives v. The Dollar bmitchell062003
 00:05:53
Play 16 Forty-two Miles Per Hour Margaret Lange
 00:08:04
Play 17 Used up at Last Margaret Lange
 00:04:43
Play 18 A Victim of Low Wages Availle
 00:08:58
Play 19 Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men Brent T. Nasworthy
 00:07:27
Play 20 Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man E.M. Allen
 00:07:58
Play 21 A Bad Bridge mleigh
 00:08:02
Play 22 A Warning E.M. Allen
 00:07:21
Play 23 Singular Accidents Phil Schempf
 00:04:47
Play 24 Ludicrous Incidents Alan Mapstone
 00:04:15
Play 25 Explosions Phil Schempf
 00:05:02
Play 26 How a Friend was Killed Yaelin Lee
 00:10:49
Play 27 An Unromantic Hero Phil Schempf
 00:05:36
Play 28 The Duties of an Engineer E.M. Allen
 00:08:46