My life on mountain railroads
In 1917, Gilbert Gould achieved his dream to be an engineer, and began running engines for the Denver & Rio Grande and later for the Utah Railway. He was a natural storyteller, and his recollections are entertaining and historically rewarding
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, UT
Utah State University Press
1995, 1995
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Youth
- Trackside childhood
- From newsboy to roundhouse : starting to work
- Fireman I
- Learning to fire
- Life along the rails
- My mentor on the road
- Fireman II
- At the rat hole flashing the door
- Old heads, rails, and boomers
- Railroad hazards and wrecks
- Engineer
- Engineer on the Rio Grande
- Running the Utah trains
- Life on the Utah Railway