Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer
Henry Dawson
29 chapters · 3 h 32 min · English
Read by mleigh, Rita Boutros, Availle, Alan Mapstone, E.M. Allen, bmitchell062003 and others
Transportation · Memoirs
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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)
Chapters
1 Preface 2 min 2 Running in a Fog 9 min 3 A Close Shave 10 min 4 A Collision 8 min 5 Collision Extraordinary 6 min 6 Burning of the Henry Clay 8 min 7 The Conductor 7 min 8 Bravery of an Engineer 9 min 9 The Fireman 10 min 10 The Brakeman 9 min 11 A Dream in the "Caboose" 11 min 12 An Unmitigated Villain 8 min 13 A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning 6 min 14 An Abrupt Call 4 min 15 The Good Luck of being Obstinate 7 min 16 Human Lives v. The Dollar 6 min 17 Forty-two Miles Per Hour 8 min 18 Used up at Last 5 min 19 A Victim of Low Wages 9 min 20 Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men 7 min 21 Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man 8 min 22 A Bad Bridge 8 min 23 A Warning 7 min 24 Singular Accidents 5 min 25 Ludicrous Incidents 4 min 26 Explosions 5 min 27 How a Friend was Killed 11 min 28 An Unromantic Hero 6 min 29 The Duties of an Engineer 9 min
