Utah State University Press, 1995 Paper: 978-0-87421-193-1 | Cloth: 978-0-87421-197-9 | eISBN: 978-0-87421-347-8
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Publisher's Note
Youth
1. Trackside Childhood
2. From Newsboy to Roundhouse: Starting to Work
Fireman 1
3. Learning to Fire
4. Life along the Rails
5. My Mentor on the Road
Fireman 11
6. At the Rat Hole Flashing the Door
7. Old Heads, Rails, and Boomers
8. Railroad Hazards and Wrecks
Engineer
9. Engineer on the Rio Grande
10. Running the Utah Trains
11. Life on the Utah Railway
Epilogue
Index
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