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relate the personal experiences of the author,
William J. Brotherton, who went “railroading” as a
brakeman, conductor and trainmaster for the Burlington Northern
Railroad system during the 1979-1982 period.
Through his many interesting short stories,
Brotherton illustrates what it was like to work for a major railroad
company before branch lines, vintage Diesel locomotives and cabooses
were phased out.
His accounts show what has changed within
the railroad industry since then-and what has not. Brotherton,
who grew up around trains in Georgia, takes the reader along on
his personal encounter with a railroader’s life in North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Colorado. |
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