Prairie Whistles

by Boyer, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780915024902
• ISBN10: 091502490X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Trails Books

Summary

All aboard for a glimpse of life on the rails! Weaving together tales of railroading days gone by, this collection of personal reminiscences will delight any fail fan or traveler. Featured are stories of conductors, porters, carmen and tower operators from around the Midwest.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
PART ONE: BLOW THE WHISTLE AND RING THE BELL	1	(30)
Deadheading on the 381	2	(2)
All-American Engines	4	(3)
Railroad Boot Camp	7	(3)
Pullman Hanky-Panky	10	(3)
Timber Road	13	(2)
Steady As She Goes	15	(4)
Rolling the Distant Signal	19	(2)
Undercover Engine Trainee	21	(3)
``Easterners''	24	(3)
Wreck of the Milwaukee	27	(4)
PART TWO: GREASE, CINDERS, AND SIGNALS	31	(46)
Steamed Up	32	(2)
Epitaph for a Section Hand	34	(2)
High Altitude Railroading	36	(3)
Caboose No. 992094	39	(3)
Ties That Bind	42	(3)
Tender Boy	45	(3)
Tower Times	48	(6)
Oktoberfest Special	54	(3)
Accidental Carman	57	(3)
Working Section	60	(3)
Hospital Train	63	(3)
The Money Hole	66	(4)
Key Man	70	(2)
Shop Chicks	72	(5)
PART THREE: FELLOW TRAVELERS	77	(50)
Drover's Caboose	78	(5)
Tater Fraters	83	(3)
King Ole: Hobo Boss of the Midwest	86	(3)
Steaming Ore	89	(3)
Orphan Trains	92	(3)
Ghost Train	95	(2)
Little Boy's Eyes	97	(2)
Immigrant Train	99	(2)
Railroad Digs	101	(3)
Valley Characters	104	(3)
Railroad Canteen	107	(3)
Ship Jumper, Train Hopper	110	(3)
Fifty Years on the Bench	113	(2)
Honeymoon Train	115	(3)
Runaway Train	118	(3)
River City Layout	121	(2)
Lincoln's Depot	123	(4)
Some Railroading Terms	127