Stories of the Railroad

Stories of the Railroad

Stories of the RailroadIn the summer, fall, and early winter of 1863, I was tossing chips into...
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Author: Hill, John A. (John Alexander),1858-1916
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Stories of the Railroad

Stories of the Railroad

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Stories of the Railroad

$18.43 $9.21
Author: Hill, John A. (John Alexander),1858-1916
Format: eBook
Language: English

Stories of the Railroad

In the summer, fall, and early winter of 1863, I was tossing chips into an old Hinkley insider up in New England, for an engineer by the name of James Dillon. Dillon was considered as good a man as there was on the road: careful, yet fearless, kindhearted, yet impulsive, a man whose friends would fight for him and whose enemies hated him right royally. Dillon took a great notion to me, and I loved him as a father; the fact of the matter is, he was more of a father to me than I had at home, for my father refused to be comforted when I took to railroading, and I could not see him more than two or three times a year at the mostso when I wanted advice I went to Jim. I was a young fellow then, and being without a home at either end of the run, was likely to drop into pitfalls. Dillon saw this long before I did. Before I had been with him three months, he told me one day, coming in, that it was against his principles to teach locomotive-running to a young man who was likely to turn out a drunkard or gambler and disgrace the profession, and he added that I had better pack up my duds and come up to his house and let "mother" take care of meand I went. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37038
Author: Hill, John A. (John Alexander)
Release Date: Aug 11, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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