Project Gutenberg 2005-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 268 Lynde, Francis 1856 1930 Hambidge, Jay 1867 1924 Empire Builders E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Empire Builders" by Francis Lynde is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Stuart Ford, a young superintendent of the problematic Plug Mountain branch of the Pacific Southwestern Railway, as he grapples with the challenges of leading his men through harsh winter conditions while devising a plan to save the financially troubled railway. Central to the narrative is Ford's determination and leadership as he confronts various obstacles in his attempts to secure the future of the railway system. The opening of the book introduces us to Ford and his team battling snow drifts on Plug Mountain as they struggle to restore service to a mining camp isolated by winter conditions. We witness Ford's leadership style, which earns him the respect and loyalty of his workers, as well as his frustrations with the insufficient resources provided by the company. Stuck between a treacherous weather battle and a distressed railway system, the narrative sets the stage for Ford's ambitious plans to not only survive the present crisis but to find a way to turn the struggling branch into a viable asset for the company, foreshadowing the strategic and financial struggles that will come as he pursues this goal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Railroad stories PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 534786 2025-07-07T07:54:28.681247 text/html 545193 2020-12-12T11:54:15 text/html 3120121 2025-07-07T07:54:35.985733 application/epub+zip 3123664 2025-07-07T07:54:29.862308 application/epub+zip 269865 2025-07-07T07:54:29.175227 application/epub+zip 1528572 2025-07-07T07:54:40.521667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1504815 2025-07-07T07:54:35.175684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384383 2022-09-08T06:37:13.017810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501603 2025-07-07T07:54:27.530280 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 501318 2020-12-12T11:54:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 501328 2020-12-12T11:54:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21592 2025-07-07T07:54:40.773662 application/rdf+xml 20655 2025-07-07T07:54:29.270194 image/jpeg 2948 2025-07-07T07:54:29.224214 image/jpeg 194345 2020-12-12T11:54:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 3441157 2020-12-12T11:54:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 194316 2020-12-12T11:54:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 3440416 2025-07-07T07:54:28.771209 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia