By William Gould

In 1917, Gilbert Gould accomplished his dream to be an engineer, and commenced working engines for the Denver & Rio Grande and later for the Utah Railway. He was once a ordinary storyteller, and his memories are pleasing and traditionally rewarding.

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II. Title. 092dc20[B 95-4427 CIP Page v Contents Illustrations vi Foreword vii Publisher's Note xiv Youth 1 1. Trackside Childhood 7 2. From Newsboy to Roundhouse: Starting to Work 29 Fireman J 45 3. Learning to Fire 49 4. Life along the Rails 67 5. My Mentor on the Road 89 Fireman JJ 101 6. At the Rat Hole Flashing the Door 107 7. Old Heads, Rails, and Boomers 125 8. Railroad Hazards and Wrecks 145 Engineer 171 9. Engineer on the Rio Grande 173 10. Running the Utah Trains 193 11. Life on the Utah Railway 223 Epilogue 241 Index 245 Page vi Illustrations The Utah Railway 200 ii The Rio Grande Western in Central Utah (map) 6 William J.

When I arrived at that place I must have been lost. I started walking along the tracks. I must have had divine guidance, because my feet brought me to the town of Bingham Junction, now called Midvale. There again my feet propelled me in the right direction, and I followed the rails that curved to the right toward State Street. It was starting to get dark now, and I knew I was hopelessly lost. I was tired, and I was crying, but my weary feet kept dragging me onward. Little did I know that the larger part of the population of Sandy was out looking for a small lost boy.

That loosened and moved the dog away from the ratchet so that any little tap let the brake loose. After a little while all the tension in brake and rigging let go. About the time that Pat hit the dog, the brakes were nearly released anyway and the caboose was ready to move. Air brakes were new about that time, and the crews were not up on all the tricks as they are now. Nowadays you wouldn't see an informed brakeman leaving a car on a grade with the hand brake set without draining the auxiliary reservoir.

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