HOME

Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

Author(s):

Genre(s): ,

Narrators: , , , , , , , , ,

Number of Chapters: 29

Length: 03 hours and 31 minutes

Language: English

Henry Dawson has written several vignettes of railroad men from the days of steam locomotives. His goal is to show the reader that they are not just rough men, but are also brave and heroic men through descriptions of divers dangers encountered on the tracks. (Summary adapted from the Preface)

Listening:
Continue to listen:    
Preface (mleigh)
Running in a Fog (Rita Boutros)
A Close Shave (Rita Boutros)
A Collision (Availle)
Collision Extraordinary (Alan Mapstone)
Burning of the Henry Clay (E.M. Allen)
The Conductor (E.M. Allen)
Bravery of an Engineer (Rita Boutros)
The Fireman (Rita Boutros)
The Brakeman (Rita Boutros)
A Dream in the "Caboose" (Rita Boutros)
An Unmitigated Villain (E.M. Allen)
A Proposed Race between Steam and Lightning (Alan Mapstone)
An Abrupt Call (E.M. Allen)
The Good Luck of being Obstinate (Availle)
Human Lives v. The Dollar (bmitchell062003)
Forty-two Miles Per Hour (Margaret Lange)
Used up at Last (Margaret Lange)
A Victim of Low Wages (Availle)
Coroners' Juries v. Railroad Men (Brent T. Nasworthy)
Adventures of an Irish Railroad Man (E.M. Allen)
A Bad Bridge (mleigh)
A Warning (E.M. Allen)
Singular Accidents (Phil Schempf)
Ludicrous Incidents (Alan Mapstone)
Explosions (Phil Schempf)
How a Friend was Killed (Yaelin Lee)
An Unromantic Hero (Phil Schempf)
The Duties of an Engineer (E.M. Allen)
The audiobook Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer falls under the genres of , . It is written by .