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My life on mountain railroads /

In 1917, Gilbert Gould achieved his dream to be an engineer, and began running engines for the Denver & Rio Grande and later for the Utah Railway. He was a natural storyteller, and his recollections are entertaining and historically rewarding.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gould, William John Gilbert, 1888-1961
Other Authors: Gould, William R., 1919-2006
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Youth
  • Trackside childhood
  • From newsboy to roundhouse : starting to work
  • Fireman I
  • Learning to fire
  • Life along the rails
  • My mentor on the road
  • Fireman II
  • At the rat hole flashing the door
  • Old heads, rails, and boomers
  • Railroad hazards and wrecks
  • Engineer
  • Engineer on the Rio Grande
  • Running the Utah trains
  • Life on the Utah Railway.