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100 1 _aDawson, Henry,
_d1826?-
245 1 0 _aTrips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aFrom the Library of Congress catalog record: "Attributed on internal evidence to Henry Dawson, engineer of the locomotive New York. cf. p. 170, and the New York daily times, Jan. 15, 1856. Has also been ascribed to Dulce Glober."
500 _aFirst published in 1860 under title: Reminiscences in the life of a locomotive engineer.
500 _aRelease date is 2021-03-14
508 _aE-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer" by Henry Dawson is a collection of personal anecdotes and reflections written in the mid-19th century. The book provides a candid glimpse into the life and experiences of a locomotive engineer, detailing the trials, dangers, and unpredictabilities faced on the job. It showcases the challenges of operating a steam locomotive and highlights the often underappreciated bravery of railroad men. The opening of the work introduces the author as he recounts a specific experience of running an engine named the Racer during a foggy morning. The narrative begins with a powerful description of the beauty of nature juxtaposed with the tension of navigating through a thick fog, while the engineer grapples with the weight of responsibility amid lurking dangers. The first story illustrates the precariousness of his profession, as the engineer navigates dangerous drawbridges, blind trust in potentially untrustworthy workers, and the inherent risks of high-speed travel, setting the tone for the remaining anecdotes that reveal the unpredictable nature of life on the railway. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLocomotives
653 _aDawson, Henry, 1825 or 1826-
653 _aRailroad engineers
653 _aRailroads -- Personnel management
700 1 _aGlober, Dulce
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64815
999 _c105638
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