Workin' on the railroad : reminiscences from the age of steam /

Workin' on the railroad : reminiscences from the age of steam / Working on the railroad [edited with commentary by Richard Reinhardt]. - 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

In "Workin on the Railroad," Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.

0806135255 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2002045155


Railroads--History--United States--19th century.
Railroads--United States--Anecdotes.

HE2751 / .W74 2003

385/.0973/09034