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As America, carried along by the expanding rail system, moved westward in the nineteenth century, few occupations seemed more exciting or romantic than that of railroad engineer. And in the mountains and plains of the West, long hours, backbreaking labor, bitter temperatures, and faulty brakes were the crucible in which the best of the early railroaders were formed: only the most dedicated and skilled men passed the tests the narrow-gauge lines of Colorado meted out. In Goin' Railroading, Sam Speas tells the story of his father, Sam Speas Sr., who left Missouri in 1883 to become an engineer in Colorado, and recounts his own experiences and those of his brothers and fellow railroaders on the Colorado and Southern Railway, from the golden era of the narrow-gauge lines in South Park to the final days of steam power on the Front Range and the coming of the diesel engine.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Industry & industrial studies Transport industries

• Full title: Goin' Railroading
• Author: Margaret Coel, Sam Speas
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194
• EAN: 9780870814976
• ISBN: 0870814974
• ID: 04748089
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Weight: 370 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 154 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. November 1998

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