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Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

Name: Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer
Author: Henry Dawson

Henry Dawson

Read by mleigh, Rita Boutros, Availle, Alan Mapstone, E.M. Allen, bmitchell062003, Margaret Lange, Brent T. Nasworthy, Phil Schempf and Yaelin Lee · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (2:04)
Running in a Fog (8:53)
A Close Shave (9:30)
A Collision (7:44)
Collision Extraordinary (5:45)
Burning of the Henry Clay (8:28)
The Conductor (6:44)
Bravery of an Engineer (9:29)
The Fireman (10:04)
The Brakeman (9:12)
A Dream in the "Caboose" (11:26)
An Unmitigated Villain (7:55)
A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning (6:15)
An Abrupt Call (3:49)
The Good Luck of being Obstinate (6:50)
Human Lives v. The Dollar (5:53)
Forty-two Miles Per Hour (8:04)
Used up at Last (4:43)
A Victim of Low Wages (8:58)
Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men (7:27)
Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man (7:58)
A Bad Bridge (8:02)
A Warning (7:21)
Singular Accidents (4:47)
Ludicrous Incidents (4:15)
Explosions (5:02)
How a Friend was Killed (10:49)
An Unromantic Hero (5:36)
The Duties of an Engineer (8:46)