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Along the White Pass High Iron by J.D. True Hoghead on the White Pass Soft Cover
Along the White Pass High Iron by J.D. True Hoghead on the White Pass
Along the White Pass High Iron
Hoghead on the White Pass
J.D. True
Soft cover
104 pages
Copyright 1st 1987, 2nd 1989
Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE 1974 LETTERS 1
February 28 Introduction to White Pass
March 9 One Day on the White Pass
March 17 Big Plans Ahead
March 19 Winter Compared to a Few Years Ago
Undated Times Have Changed
March 28 Daily Happenings Along White Pass
April 19 Troubles on the White Pass
April 26 A Day I Shall Long Remember!
May 17 Strikes and Slides
May 23 A Week of Nothing Unusual
June 7 Beginning of Tourist Season
June 11 Cruise Ship Passengers
June 18 Hazards of Rock Slides
June 28 Derailment Troubles
July 4 Just Another Work Day
July 11 Engine Problems 15C Bridge Burns
July 13 Hectic Week Passengers vs. Freight
July 23 Boners
October 28 Back on the Job after 57 Days Off
November 6 Engine "100" Problem Locomotive
November 21 Injured Hoghead
CHAPTER TWO 1975 LETTERS32
January 3 Snowstorms
January 7 60 Degrees Below Zero
January 23 My Encounter with a Moose
February 15 More Problems
March 3 Brakemen's Woes
March 30 Definition of "Hoghead"
April 10 "A Bad Day at Black Rock"
May 20 Six Hogs Every Day
June 12 Lots of Things Happening
November 5 Four Weeks Vacation and a Truck Ride
November 26 Thanksgiving and The Day Following
December 21 Snowslides
CHAPTER THREE 1976 LETTERS54
February 8 Slowdown
February 13 Plane Crash
March 16 More Slides
December 8 Near Xmas Time
CHAPTER FOUR 1977 LETTERS58
January 6 Winter Railroading
January 15 One Week
January 26 Taxes and Traction
February 21 Engine Troubles
Undated Steam Talk
April 7 Snowslide at Hannon Shed
July 29 Never Too Old
November 22 The Hoghead Drives a Truck
December 10 Xmas Letter
CHAPTER FIVE 1978 LETTERS74
January 14 Early Morning Freight
January 17 Pulling Drawbars
February 12 My Turn
March 2 Our Lucky Day
March 3 Another Drawbar
September 29 Skagway to Central Oregon
October 12 Something Added
Undated Trip Conclusion
CHAPTER SIX 1979 LETTERS 89
March 14 Big Time Trucking
July 8 Back on the White Pass
December Truckin' in '79
Undated The Deduction
CHAPTER SEVEN 1980 LETTERS 94
May 28 Yard Accident
June 5 A Week Off
CHAPTER EIGHT 1981 LETTERS97
August 25 Steve Lewis Tragedy
CHAPTER NINE 1982-1983 LETTERS99
June 21 Return of the "73"
October 9 White Pass Shuts Down
October 10, 1983 Retirement for the Hoghead
Postscript
Back of the book
The White Pass and Yukon Route is one of the most famous narrow gauge railroads in the world, and J.D. True was an Engineer on the line for more than 40 years.
Relive the experiences of the "Hoghead on the White Pass" in this collection of letters written to relatives, friends and railfans from 1974 until his retirement in 1983. J.D. gives day-to-day accounts of his last decade on the White Pass with himself on the headend, in addition to harking back to the days of steam engines and rotary snowplows.
Along the way he spars with moose, bucks snowslides, pulls a drawbar or two, rides one engine into the canyon, and saves another from running away down the four percent grade.
This is the story of a lifetime "Along the White Pass High Iron," in the words of one of the few who could tell it.
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