Project Gutenberg 2021-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 137 Dawson, Henry 1825 Glober, Dulce 49037945 Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer From the Library of Congress catalog record: "Attributed on internal evidence to Henry Dawson, engineer of the locomotive New York. cf. p. 170, and the New York daily times, Jan. 15, 1856. Has also been ascribed to Dulce Glober." First published in 1860 under title: Reminiscences in the life of a locomotive engineer. E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer" by Henry Dawson is a collection of personal anecdotes and reflections written in the mid-19th century. The book provides a candid glimpse into the life and experiences of a locomotive engineer, detailing the trials, dangers, and unpredictabilities faced on the job. It showcases the challenges of operating a steam locomotive and highlights the often underappreciated bravery of railroad men. The opening of the work introduces the author as he recounts a specific experience of running an engine named the Racer during a foggy morning. The narrative begins with a powerful description of the beauty of nature juxtaposed with the tension of navigating through a thick fog, while the engineer grapples with the weight of responsibility amid lurking dangers. The first story illustrates the precariousness of his profession, as the engineer navigates dangerous drawbridges, blind trust in potentially untrustworthy workers, and the inherent risks of high-speed travel, setting the tone for the remaining anecdotes that reveal the unpredictable nature of life on the railway. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Locomotives Dawson, Henry, 1825 or 1826- Railroad engineers Railroads -- Personnel management TF Text Category: Biographies 209291 2025-07-25T13:38:45.555872 text/html 189711 2024-10-18T11:52:28 text/html 194501 2025-07-25T13:38:49.097859 application/epub+zip 194969 2025-07-25T13:38:46.235870 application/epub+zip 130457 2025-07-25T13:38:45.885862 application/epub+zip 266907 2025-07-25T13:38:51.514840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233144 2025-07-25T13:38:48.739835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169249 2022-09-29T07:31:18.758636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184948 2025-07-25T13:38:45.032907 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164943 2024-10-18T11:52:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16909 2025-07-25T13:38:51.676812 application/rdf+xml 4202 2025-07-25T13:38:45.974832 image/jpeg 884 2025-07-25T13:38:45.931856 image/jpeg 155977 2025-07-25T13:38:45.581861 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