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Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer By: Allen Chapman |
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RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS OR THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF A YOUNG ENGINEER BY ALLEN CHAPMAN AUTHOR OF "RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE,"
"RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER,"
"RALPH ON THE ENGINE,"
"DAREWELL CHUMS SERIES," ETC. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America
THE RAILROAD SERIES By Allen Chapman 12mo. Illustrated. Cloth RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE
Or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER
Or, Clearing the Track RALPH ON THE ENGINE
Or, The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS
Or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer (Other Volumes in Preparation.) GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York Copyright, 1910, by GROSSET & DUNLAP Ralph on the Overland Express
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE
I. No. 999 1
II. A Special Passenger 12
III. One of the Rules 22
IV. A Warning 35
V. At Bay 43
VI. Four Medals 51
VII. Dave Bissell, Train Boy 60
VIII. An Astonishing Discovery 68
IX. The Light of Home 76
X. Fire! 88
XI. The Master Mechanic 95
XII. A Good Friend 104
XIII. The "Black Hand" 114
XIV. A Serious Plot 123
XV. "The Silvandos" 129
XVI. Zeph Dallas and His "Mystery" 138
XVII. In Widener's Gap 145
XVIII. At the Semaphore 153
XIX. The Boy Who Was Hazed 160
XX. "Lord Lionel Montague" 171
XXI. Archie Graham's Invention 179
XXII. Ike Slump Again 188
XXIII. A Critical Moment 195
XXIV. The New Run 203
XXV. The Mountain Division 209
XXVI. Mystery 217
XXVII. The Railroad President 225
XXVIII. A Race Against Time 233
XXIX. Zeph Dallas Again 244
XXX. Snowbound 254
XXXI. Conclusion 264
RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS CHAPTER I NO. 999
"All aboard." Ralph Fairbanks swung into the cab of No. 999 with the lever hooked up
for forward motion, and placed a firm hand on the throttle. It looked as though half the working force of the railroad, and every
juvenile friend he had ever known in Stanley Junction, had come down
to the little old depot that beautiful summer afternoon to especially
celebrate the greatest event in his active railroad career. Ralph was the youngest engineer in the service of the Great Northern,
and there was full reason why he should center attention and interest
on this the proudest moment of his life. No. 999 was the crack
locomotive of the system, brand new and resplendent. Its headlight was
a great glow of crystal, its metal bands and trimmings shone like
burnished gold, and its cab was as spick and span and neat as the
private office of the division superintendent himself... Continue reading book >>
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