Last Train to Texas

Last Train to Texas
Author: Fred W. Frailey
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0253045274

A veteran railroad columnist takes readers on a wild ride through the American train industry with remembrances that crisscross the country and the world. In Last Train to Texas, author Fred W. Frailey examines the workings behind the railroad industry and captures incredible true stories along the way. He vividly portrays the industries larger-than-life characters, such as William “Pisser Bill” F. Thompson, who weathered financial ruin, bad merger deals, and cutthroat competition, all while racking up enough notoriety to inspire a poem titled “Ode to a Jerk.” Whether he’s riding the Canadian Pacific Railway through a blizzard, witnessing a container train burglary in the Abo Canyon, or commemorating a poem to Limerick Junction in Dublin, Frailey’s journeys are rife with excitement, incident, and the spirit of the rails. Filled with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful insights into the railroading industry, Last Train to Texas is a grand adventure for the railroad connoisseur.

The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists

The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists
Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2023-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1493066633

What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed? For the Old West’s most famous outlaws, including Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Dalton Gang, and Black Jack Ketchum, it was as much about the thrill of the crime as the riches to be won, thumbing their noses at the authorities, and getting away with their crimes more often than not. These men, and at least one woman, were dare devils, rule breakers, adventurers, and rebels. In addition to their train robberies, they led colorful, dramatic, and dangerous lives. The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists profiles sixteen noted train robbers (or train robbing gangs) along with the details of each their forty-seven hold-ups. The mechanics of each of their train robberies—planning, execution, and escape—are dissected and discussed. Pertinent background information relating to each outlaw/gang is included as well as what became of them following their train-robbery days.

The Story of Ajax

The Story of Ajax
Author: Alva Josiah Noyes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1914
Genre: Beaverhead County (Mont.)
ISBN:

Last Train from Perdition

Last Train from Perdition
Author: Robert R. McCammon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08-31
Genre: Good and evil
ISBN: 9781596067387

In I Travel by Night, master of horror Robert McCammon introduced the tortured and instantly unforgettable vampire adventurer Trevor LawsonAll Matters Handledas he searched for his maker, LaRouge, in hope of becoming human once more. It wove a tale about the terrors of the Dark Society, featuring the gothic sensibilities of old New Orleans, and the unforgiving violence of the untamed frontier of 1886. Now McCammon returns to Lawson's gripping journey and sends him West, in the chilling sequel novella Last Train from Perdition. Ever on the hunt for LaRouge, Lawson still travels by night, but no longer alone. Crack-shot, whip-smart Ann has become his companion, on her own search for her vampire-taken father and sister. Lawson has been summoned from New Orleans and the Hotel Sanctuaire to Omaha by a wealthy man who needs his son retrieved from a band of outlaws. Lawson and Ann agree to take the case and travel to the town of Perdition where they find their preybut things get complicated fast when a saloon shootout leaves an innocent girl badly injured. On a night train from Perdition to Helena to find medical help, it soon becomes clear that Lawson and Ann's enemies may also be looking to prey upon them. As they struggle against those forces of darkness with a trainload of their most unlikely allies yet, Lawson also wages battle with the darkness LaRouge left within him. This latest installment in Trevor Lawson's battle for redemption finds bestselling McCammon at his thrilling best.

One More Train to Ride

One More Train to Ride
Author: Cliff (Oats) Williams
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780253112446

Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day "steel rail nomads," One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today's American hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoing the ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their connections with the past make the experiences of these hoboes even more striking, as they ride freight trains and jungle up in hobo camps, light years away from the 21st-century cyberworld -- yet touching the very core of American freedom and individualism. Cliff Williams skillfully elicits details of family background, motives, and clear insights into the daily life and philosophy of the modern hobo. With its evocative link to the past, One More Train to Ride continues a long tradition of books on hobo oral history, including Nels Anderson's The Hobo (1923) and Thomas Minehan's Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1934).

More Montana Campfire Tales

More Montana Campfire Tales
Author: David Walter
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781560372363

Montana history at its wildest and most intriguing. These 15 stories--illustrated with historical photographs--flash with humor, action, indignation, amazement, and admiration for what some Montanans (and visitors) added to the state's story.

Passenger Train Service: July 31, August 1, 2, 3, and 25, 1967

Passenger Train Service: July 31, August 1, 2, 3, and 25, 1967
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1968
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

Pt. 1: Committee Serial No. 90-17. Considers S. 1175 and related bills, to change administrative procedure and requirements for discontinuance of passenger train service, allowing longer periods of investigative time, reassignment of burden of non-profitability proof to carriers, and making alternative transportation arrangement provisions rather than service continuance/discontinuance decisions.

Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires

Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires
Author: Dale Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781940527925

Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires combines literary memories, historic research, and knowledge of railroad operations with historic photographs to celebrate railroads in Montana and the West. It describes the lives and tasks of railroad workers and the services provided by the railroad to communities and the region.

Passenger Train Service

Passenger Train Service
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1967
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

Pt. 1: Committee Serial No. 90-17. Considers S. 1175 and related bills, to change administrative procedure and requirements for discontinuance of passenger train service, allowing longer periods of investigative time, reassignment of burden of non-profitability proof to carriers, and making alternative transportation arrangement provisions rather than service continuance/discontinuance decisions