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30 Years Over Donner by Bill Fisher Soft Cover 1990
30 Years Over Donner by Bill Fisher SC 1990
Railroading family style over Southern Pacifics Donner Pass, through the eyes of a company signal maintainer
Some PAGES ARE COMING LOOSE FROM BINDING (PAges 71-90
Soft Cover
Copyright 1990
By Bill Fisher
198 Pages
You are sleeping peacefully. Outside, rain is beating against the window and you're glad tomorrow is a day off. In the distance a train whistles. Then the phone rings. You roll out of bed, glance at the clock-one a.m. A block signal is reported red. The night dispatcher gives you the number.
As you pull on work clothes in a dim light, thunder rolls in the distance. The wife only stirs. You check into the kids' bedroom as you leave. The thunder didn't awaken them. You hope it isn't powerline trouble on a night like this.
Come along, reader. Learn what it takes to keep those trains running over a tough mountain route. This narrative is written with you in mind and it covers more than 30 years from the steam days into the present era. It's an education into the little known side of railroading and a bit of history.
But it's more than that. Railroaders are regular people too. So there are fishing, family, fun, troubles at times, and some laughs.
1. Happy Birthday15
2. A Refreshing Day Off20
3. Plenty Of Work23
4. Never A Dull Moment!30
5. Kay Tells This One .30
6. Scared And Didn't Know It31
7. A Bit Of Luck32
8. Only Seconds To Spare34
9. Three Of A Kind35
10. A Sad Summer Night39
11. Wine But Not Roses43
12. A Cool Evening Ride44
13. A Long Weekend49
14. Fishing, Pinochle, Christmas Trees, And Snow Trouble52
15. A Long Night53
16. Tight Security59
17. A Day In History61
18. Happy Thanksgiving65
19. Merry Christmas68
20. A Comfortable Chair Under A Shady Tree71
21. That Can't Happen73
22. Out Of A Job?76
23. Slots, Baseball And A Gun77
24. Very Unusual Weather!79
25. An Easy Trouble Call83
26. The Friendly Rattlesnake83
27. Gone Fishing!85
28. Cousins, Fun, And Voices On A Wire87
29. A Change In The Wind88
30. The Pony Express And A Boxcar In A Tunnel91
31. Echoes In The Old House93
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