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Prairie Whistles by Dennis Boyer Tales of Midwest Railroading Soft Cover:
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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Prairie Whistles by Dennis Boyer Tales of Midwest Railroading Soft Cover Prairie Whistles by Dennis Boyer Tales of Midwest RailroadingSoft Cover128 pagesCopyright viiiPART ONE: BLOW THE WHISTLE AND DING THE BELL1Deadheading on the 381 2All-American Engines4Railroad Boot Camp7Pullman Hanky-Panky10Timber Road 13Steady As She Goes15Rolling the Distant Signal19Undercover Engine Trainee21\"Easterners\" 24Wreck of the Milwaukee27PART TWO: GREASE, CINDERS, AND SIGNALS 31Steamed Up 32Epitaph for a Section Hand34High Altitude Railroading36Caboose No. 99209439Ties That Bind42Tender Boy45Tower Times48Oktoberfest Special54Accidental Carman57Working Section60Hospital Train 63The Money Hole 66Key Man70Shop Chicks 72 PART THREE: FELLOW TRAVELERS77Drover\'s Caboose78Tater Fraters 83King Ole: Hobo Boss of the Midwest 86Steaming Ore 89Orphan Trains92Ghost Train95Little Boy\'s Eyes97Immigrant Train99Railroad Digs 101Valley Characters 104Railroad Canteen 107Ship Jumper, Train Hopper 110Fifty Years on the Bench 113Honeymoon Train115Runaway Train 118River City Layout 121Lincoln\'s Depot123SOME PAILROADING TERMS127FOREWORDRailroads occupy a special niche in the Midwest. Trains were the device by which our area was made a true crossroads of America. The interstate highways and the great air terminal hubs took their cues from the development and settlement patterns established by railroads.Preserving railroad stories is a tricky matter. Rail history buffs have done quite a bit to memorialize the physical artifacts and the technical specifications from railroads of times past. Very little has been done to preserve the oral history of railroading subcultures.Questions abound. How was railroading different from other blue-collar occupations in the industrial age? How did the various ethnic and immigrant groups interact with the railroads? What was the impact of rail arrival (and abandonment) on communities? Which parts of mind, heart, and soul were touched by train travel?This collection does not definitively answer those questions. But it does represent my effort to broaden the railroad heritage dialogue beyond equipment and buildings. If it provokes compilations of stories about women railroaders, dining car menus, livestock transport, African-American track crews, railroad snow removal, labor strife, railroad car ferries, and the hundreds of activities and aspects in and about railroads, well, I would be a very happy rail fan.A word of explanation is also in order. While I fancy myself something of a folklorist and have penned many a tall tale and collected a number of regional legends, this collection is a bit of a departure from the modus operandi used in my other books. Although these stories are infused with the humor and warmth of folktales, there is a strong case to be made that this collection stands apart in terms of the realism brought to the task by my narrators. It is, perhaps, more of a collection of reminiscences drawn from varying personal encounters with railroading. The reader will find heroes in these pages, but will also encounter the grit and wisdom that flows from my sources\' experiences.The collection is organized into three parts reflecting three interconnected themes: the operation of trains, the maintenance of the railroad systems, and the multifaceted interactions between humans and trains. Readers will soon see that these divisions are not artificial distinctions. Railroading, like many pursuits, has its caste systems, and the varied perspectives of this world naturally flow from the disparate vantage points of my observers.And like many pursuits, railroading has its own colorful argot. To help readers with some of the terms in the collection, live provided brief explanations of them at the end of the book.Here\'s hoping that others will contribute what they know about ways that Midwest trains touched lives.
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