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As a boy in the early 1950s, Mike McLaughlin was a regular stowaway riding switch engines back and forth in Seattle, Washington. By the time he was in high school, he was hand-firing steam engines as an unofficial crew member. Obsessed with trains and destined for a life along the tracks, he started by digging ditches as a gandy and ended as a railroad and transportation consultant, but he never completely relinquished his shovel. His career spanned multiple railroads, including Great Northern, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, as well as transportation management for several large industrial firms.With McLaughlin, even the mundane becomes fascinating. Unlike those of an executive or engineer, his personal accounts focus on what went on behind the scenes--from the finer points of using a shovel to suddenly having to reroute 16,000 tons of talc ore from Montana to a ship in Portland. He describes living and working as part of maintenance and signal gangs, moving days on several lines, supervisory issues, and more. His collection of mid-20th century timetables and other paper ephemera provide minute detail related to railroad activities and communications. Numerous photographs and Dave Clemens' hand-drawn maps enhance the text, illustrate where stories take place, and promote a deeper understanding of some gritty, intense railroading.
Contents
Dedication
Introduction--Following Mike's Footsteps
Other Departments Use Shovels
Life along the Tracks
Life along the Tracks
Outfits
Moving Day - GN
Moving Day - DRGW
Moving Day - CRIP
The Stove
Night Meet
Ballard Bridge
Seattle
Gus and the Ghost
Route of the Sea-Going Hiawathas
Day on the Pacific Coast
Riding the Van Asselt Transfer
Extra GN 83 East
Wash the Builder, Pull the Shop and Wye the Pool Train
Seattle Engine Terminals
CM&St.P Bellingham Sub
Ballard Bridge Redux
Working on the Railroad
The Clock
GN Wheel Stops
Cascadian Train Order
A Steel Gang Isn't All Gandies
Desert
OS Soldier Summit
Night Call
Dotsero
Train Crews Shouldn't Sleep
The Rock Island
Chicago
Yeah, I Worked for the Rock Island
The Faded Red Depots
Tornado
Management
Have You Ever Ridden a Motor Car?
Snow Plow
Rio Grande Men
The Lost Motor Car Story
Correspondence
Lineups and Crutches
Mud Hop
Motive Power
Maintenance of Way
Industrial Traffic Management--Prologue
Traffic Management--Coors
Traffic Management--Leprino Foods
Interchange--1950's-60's Style--Seattle
Interchange--1950's-60's Style--D&RGW
Grant Tower--North Platte Hump
Hiking Sticks
40 Years Ago Today
Caboose
