Here was apparently a fool letter from one young railroader to another, but I knew well enough that it was from Rachel and meant something.
In some states a railroader guilty of criminal negligence is sent up for a term of from one to ten years.
The irate old railroader kicked over the wooden cuspidor in disgust.
It was a pleasure to the ardent young railroader to view the panorama of rails and switches in plain view of the switch tower.
As to old Jack himself, Mort readily discerned that the veteran railroader was aching to give him a good hiding.
That was when the youngrailroader had acted as substitute fireman during the big fire in the yards at Acton, as already related in "Ralph of the Roundhouse.
He rallied the would-be railroaderfor a few minutes.
Strange to say, it was through this lone waif whom Ralph had so befriended that the young railroader was led to know a certain Farwell Gibson.
They have had little good fortune as yet in handling the standardized national agreements with their men, which were their unwilling inheritance from Uncle Sam, railroader sublime.
He is a man of intense pride as well as patriotism, a railroader who almost plays the lone hand but plays it very well indeed.
But the average railroaderof the rank and file still is paid considerably over 100 per cent.
And as the railroad man at the bottom has received attention, so has the railroader at the top.
This, of course, cannot affect the right of the individual railroader to leave his job if he desires.
It is not easy for a railroader to speak frankly, particularly to a stranger.
I asked this big railroaderhow about that mountain division of his to-day, with its traffic greatly increased and its fuel bill more than doubled.
Your typical railroader is particularly averse to novelties.
And traditions, as you already know, to the heart of the old-time railroader are like unto the ten commandments themselves.
And no one knows better when it's being played fairly by the big bosses at headquarters, than does your keen-witted railroader of the rank and file.
But then the trained soul of the railroader triumphed.
He is a railroader of the old school, trained in exquisite thoroughness and with a capacity for detail, not less than marvelous.
He went, capable railroader that he always was, to Scranton where he became General Superintendent of the Lackawanna.
Thorough railroader he was at that, a man of large vision and seeking every opportunity for the advancement of the property that he headed.
As the railroader punched the ticket, he said: "Are you on your way to Presbytery with a lay delegate, or are you both bound for a distillery convention?
So the young railroader rallied and cheered his comrade, and they had got beyond the turn table and had quite forgotten the incident of the pasters, when John Griscom mounted the cab step.
The engineer was a railroader of long experience, and he had thought out the dilemma of the refugees.
Yes, I do," proclaimed the old railroader plainly.
The young railroader knew that Evans was capable of any meanness or cruelty to pay him back for causing his arrest as an incendiary during the recent railroad strike on the Great Northern.
The fireman changed color, a half-shamed, half-defiant look came into his face, but he clasped the extended hand of the young railroader and responded heartily to its friendly pressure.
A whole column about 'the last heroic exploit of our expert young railroader and rising townsman--Engineer Fairbanks.
The young railroader was overwhelmed by his loyal admirers with congratulations.
New splendid train service was talked of everywhere, among the workmen, and every ambitious railroader was looking for a handsome and substantial promotion.
From that time on until the train got ready for the return trip, the youngrailroader kept his eyes open for a glimpse of his acquaintance with the double identity.
The injury to the locomotive was comparatively slight, and with a somewhat worried glance at the clock and schedule card the young railroader focussed all his ability and attention upon making up for lost time.
There was something very manly and reassuring in Clark's manner, and the young railroader believed that when he got ready to disclose his secret, the revelation would be an unusual and interesting one.
The young railroader staggered under his great burden as he made for the hallway, but never was he so glad of his early athletic training as at this critical moment in his life.
The young railroader with a contemptuous smile extended both free palms.
That morning, Van, as they now called their guest, had insisted on going with Ralph to his work as far as the next corner, and it was with difficulty that the young railroader had induced him to return to the cottage.
On this especial occasion there was a zest to the old watchman's greeting of the young railroader that indicated he had something of more than ordinary interest to impart.
The young railroader regarded the inspector with positive astonishment as he uttered that sharp startling "What.
But try to retire a railroader on a pension while he is able to work, and you will break his heart.
It stands often a harder test; you will not break the spirit of a railroaderby cutting off his arm or giving him a wooden leg.
What the railroader dreads is having to quit the road altogether.
A railroader who was standing by remarked that the piteous appearance of the little waif brought tears to his eyes.
Edward Dick, a young railroaderliving in the place, saw an old man floating down the river on a tree trunk whose agonized face and streaming gray hair excited his compassion.
The new-time railroader gives heed to those charts--the pulse readings of the creature that he is directing--guides his course in no small way by them.
Finally they came to a deserted little depot at a cross-roads and the railroader lifting his lantern high against the window verified his suspicions: the careless agent had gone home and left his key open.
Good, plucky, valiant railroader that he is, he is sure to think the whole outfit in the general offices a set of arrant fools.
The railroader does not like to think of wrecks, but his methods for removing them must be prompt and thorough: the line must be kept open.
A big railroader just in from the line, his jeans covered with engine grease, shuffles into the place and stands before the super, hat in hand, like a naughty boy ready to be whipped.
Beyond the necessity for maintaining the moral fibre of the railroader (and it is astonishing how little maintenance such a corps needs) is the decent necessity of taking care of him in case of illness.
He is cool, calculating, clever, a capital railroader in addition to all these.
That scheme of the depot master's seemed to be making a better grade of railroader in and around Cleveland, and any institution that bettered the type of railroaders interested the Vanderbilts.
In a large city the railroader finds that it is a shabby sort of a hotel or lodging-house that can come regularly within his scheme of economy.
There is not a railroader coming into the big passenger terminal--from either the New York Central or the New Haven system--who is not welcome to it, day or night.
I would also suggest that your short and brilliant career as a railroader has come to a disgraceful end more quickly than even I suspected it would.
Thus roused, the railroader repeated: "Sure, an' ye could.
He was waiting permission to grind out his next tune, and not as surprised as Timothy was that the little girl should have recognized his organ from a multitude of others, which to the railroader sounded exactly the same.
When he arrived at the train dispatcher's office, the young railroader went in and sat down.
Enough of it was there to cause the young railroader to believe that he had made a most important and startling discovery.
The young railroader located the main service wire and began to pry it apart where there had been a splice on the insulator.
The young railroader was conscious of a decidedly painful impression.
There was a dangerous gleam in his eyes, and the young railroaderknew that he was in a dangerous fix.
The very feeling of the stuffed bags, a mere glance at their contents, told the young railroader that they were lugging to safety a fortune probably amounting to over two hundred thousand dollars.
For nearly five minutes the young railroader sat staring into space, his mind wrestling with a mighty problem.
The young railroader did not entirely share the hopes of his companion, as he saw the two fugitives reach the mouth of the tunnel, and its gloom and darkness swallowed them up like a cloud.
Roberts," added the young railroader determinedly, "we've got to catch that runaway.
Beneath all the simplicity of the system, however, the young railroader realized that there ran a deep undercurrent of complications that only long time and a cool head could master.
Headed forward at quite a brisk pace, the young railroader came suddenly up against an obstruction.
This point Ralph was sure had been advised of the situation from headquarters if Glidden had done his duty, and the young railroader felt sure that he had.
The young railroader was fairly lifted from his seat and the fireman went spinning to the bottom of the cab.
The young railroader started down the cleat ladder, when Grizzly came out of the operating room.
Hill was a master railroader who stood not only close to his properties but close to the great territory which they serve.
This big railroader of the Middle West does not, however, take your time in mere boasting of his operating record.
The railroader capitulated, although today he is sorry that he did not stick it out and go to prison.
There is a business for it if the railroader will devote himself carefully to its cultivation.
And the lesson of the excess-fare trains is one that the railroader who thinks as he reads may well take to heart.
A certain big railroader out in the Middle West has very determined opinions in regard to the possibility of the passenger end of the railroad receipts being increased.
But given even a fairly free hand, a measure of authority, and some opportunity for preparation, the railroader will be able to give a good account of himself in the military handling of troops.
Here, then, is the first of our giant opportunities for the railroader of tomorrow.
It was the combination of these qualities that made him the masterrailroader of his generation.
No railroader today will deny that it has worked in just such detrimental fashion.
To the railroader the injustice of the thing comes home even more sharply.
As a matter of fact and in view of the record of these past half-dozen years, the average well-posted railroader of today will tell you that Hill was only conservative in his estimate.
The railroaders of vision--and I have never believed that there was a really big railroaderwho lacked vision--today are thinking of them.
Griscom had been made engineer, his eyes having mended, and Ralph was very glad that the veteran railroader would continue as his partner.
They won't get the safe, that is sure," said the young railroader in tones of great satisfaction, as he hurried along in the pelting storm.
He cut across the timber for ten miles, and late in the afternoon reached the miserable hovel where the crippled railroader lived.
