From the Cab: Stories from a Locomotive Engineer

by Doug Riddell

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563420104
• ISBN13: 9781563420108
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Pentrex Media Group
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A view of railroad people and anecdotes

Doug Riddell has taken us inside the life of the railroad engineer. From initially starting out cubbing to learn how the newly merged Seaboard Coast Line and Seaboard Air Lines operate, through working as a brakeman to how he entered engine service to become an engineer. Doug takes us into the cab of the engine, The cupola of the caboose and into the crew rooms and layovers that are a railroader's life. Doug also allows many insights into his own life through these experiences. The night he was almost killed in a crankcase explosion, how it feels to collide with an auto and what he hopes for his son in the future. For anyone who wants to really know what it's like to work on the railroad, this is the book for you.