Railroad Avenue Hubbard Great Stories & Legends of American Railroading HardCove

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Railroad Avenue By Freeman Hubbard

Great stories and legends of American railroading

374 Pages Indexed

Hard Cover

I. Wanderlust 9

Ii. Casey Jones's Trip To The Promised Land 13

Iii. "The Main Line Will Go Out To Sea" 39

Iv. The Mighty Jawn Henry 79

V. The Other Side Of Jordan 87

Vi. Their Names Shall Be Remembered 119

Vii. "And They Laid Jesse James In His Grave" 139

Viii. Smoke Eaters 169

Ix. Legend Of Kate Shelley 181

X. A Tiny Scrap Of Paper 199

Xi. A Hundred Lives Were Lost" 211

Xii. Johnstown Flood 223

Xiii. The Crane With A Broken Neck 237

Xiv. The Great Hinckley Fire 273

Xv. Life Begins In Lower 12 283

Xvi. Trackside Graves 291

Xvii. The Wreck Of Old 97" 325

Xviii. Raildogs 339

Xix. A Costly Box Of Pills 373

Xx. The Woodstock's Last Run 381

Xxi. The Kid In Upper 4 399

Xxii. Lingo Of The Rails 409

Xxiii. Postscript 416

Acknowledgments 438

Index 439

Nearly every American town has its Railroad Avenue, the street down by the tracks. It is a place - yes, but more than a place. It is a way of life. It symbolizes the human side of a great industry, the men who punch tickets and handle the throttle and throw switches; their everyday existence, and their lore. Railroad Avenue is Casey Jones. It is Kate Shelley and Jawn Henry. It is "The Wreck of Old 97," a saga of tragedy, and the humorous never-never land of "Big Rock Candy Mountains." It is James J. Hill, the Empire Builder, who, by laying the Great Northern rails, probably did more than any other single person to populate the American West. It is also Henry M. Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast "out to sea." It is also the humble laborer who rests in a nameless trackside grave.

In this book, Freeman Hubbard, editor of Railroad Magazine has put together a varied and flavorsome collection of tales in a style approaching that of a novelist. Here are the true stories of Jesse James, and the daring Civil War train theft by Andrews Raiders, and the human stories behind the famous railroad emblems.

If you've ever bent an ear to a "singing" rail or thrilled to the long, mournful wail of a steam locomotive, doubtless you will be able to settle down for an adventurous and profitable evening with Railroad Avenue. In short, it is a rich and delectable bill of fare for anyone who feels the romance of the rails.

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