This page originally appeared on Thomas Ehrenreich's Railroad Extra Website
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This page originally appeared on Thomas Ehrenreich's Railroad Extra Website
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Fifty Years on the
Rail
Copyright 1912 by J. J. Thomas
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To Frances
Who Made Me What I Am
CHAPTER I
EARLY DAYS. PLOUGHING THE ROOSTER
CHAPTER II
BEGINNING OF RAILROAD CAREER. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER III
WAR INCIDENTS. INGENUITY AND MAKESHIFTS OF OUR SOUTHERN WOMEN
CHAPTER IV
WAR-TIME RAILROAD FARES AND OTHER KINDS OF FARES
CHAPTER V
PECULIAR ACCIDENTS. JOINS THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
CHAPTER VI
A WRESTLING MATCH. NARROW ESCAPES
CHAPTER VIII
MINES AND SNOW PEAKS OF COLORADO. THE WATER-BRAKE
CHAPTER IX
VISIT TO WESTINGHOUSE AIR-BRAKE SHOPS. ATLANTA AND ST. PAUL
CHAPTER X
RAILROAD RACES. GLIMPSES OF NEW YORK
CHAPTER XI
SIGHTSEEING IN CANADA; QUEBEC AND THE ST. LAWRENCE
CHAPTER XII
THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY; HOBNOBBING WITH ROYALTY
CHAPTER XIII
YELLOW-FEVER SCARE. ST. LOUIS AND MILWAUKEE
CHAPTER XIV
ATTENDING A MASONIC CONCLAVE IN KENTUCKY. HISTORIC VIRGINIA
CHAPTER XV
LOS ANGELES CONVENTION; AN OCEAN GARDEN
CHAPTER XVI
MEMPHIS AND COLUMBUS. AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XVII
FRANCES ESTABLISHES A SCHOOL. SEA-SICKNESS NEARING HAVANA
CHAPTER XVIII
DETROIT AND NIAGARA. THE GOLDEN WEDDING
CHAPTER XIX
RETIREMENT. TRIBUTE TO BROTHER ENGINEERS
APPENDIX
SOME TECHNICAL POINTS EXPLAINED
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS
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