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When Deadhead Counted As Rest and Other Railroad Stories by Charles H Geletzke J
When Deadhead Counted As Rest and Other Railroad Stories by Charles H Geletzke Jr
Soft Cover
189 pages
Copyright 2016
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1 Getting Started on the Railroad1
2 How the Railroad Has Changed20
3 When Deadhead Counted As Rest48
4 On the Standard Railroad of the World 79
5 For Hollywood88
6 Life In the Shops96
7 Various Stories in No Certain Order111
8 The Dark Side144
9 You Never Get Used to This!164
10 Time to Tie-Up! 181
ON THE BACK COVER
From the author of award winning historical publication, THE DETROIT & TOLEDO SHORE LINE RAILROAD-EXPRESSWAY FOR INDUSTRY, Chuck Geletzke brings you his second book, WHEN DEADHEAD COUNTED AS REST AND OTHER RAILROAD STORIES. Written from the perspective of one on the inside, the reader is given true glimpses of what it is like to be a working railroader. Here you will have a view not only from the seat of a locomotive or the rear platform of a caboose; but you will see the railroad looking up from the inspection pits of the roundhouse and the locomotive back shop, from the operator's desk in an interlocking tower, looking over the shoulder of a night train dispatcher, and we'll harass crews from a managerial point of view just for the fun of it..."because we can!" After years of publishing in various railroad and historical publications such as TRAINS, CLASSIC TRAINS, and RAILFAN & RAILROAD, author Geletzke has put together a collection of sketches only scratching the surface of his experience with the humorous, the mundane, the terrifying, and the preposterous as can happen only on the railroad. Told with the nostalgia of one with the railroad in his blood, a keen eye for detail, and a penchant for the surprise endings of O. Henry, this is not your typical railroad photo book. This is a collection of short stories...every one true...and some even written in blood! Enjoy!
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