[COMPLETE] Trains At Work-phil

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Trains at Work by Mary Elting Folsom (1906 - 2005) and others.

This project has high balled it's way into our catalog and can be found now at http://librivox.org/trains-at-work-by-brigham-henry-roberts/
Do you like trains?! This is a wonderful children's book about trains, specifically those exciting steam engines that puffed and wheezed their way all across our country in the early 1900's. It describes what it was like to ride in them, work in them, repair them, fix the tracks, repair 'hot boxes' and lots of other interesting things about those glorious days when America traveled by train. So if you want to know what 'high balling it' means, and what the job of a brakeman or an engineer was, read along. This is a children's book, but if you like trains (and who doesn't?) you will thoroughly enjoy reading parts of this book. As a bonus you will also learn the proper way to 'flag down' a train if the track ahead is broken and goodness knows, we all need to know that! "Sam is the fireman on a big freight locomotive. Like lots of people who work on trains, Sam belongs to a family of railroaders. His father was a locomotive engineer. His grandfather was one, too. And, long ago, grandmother was an “op.” That means she operated the fast-clicking telegraph key in a railroad station. Her telegraph messages helped to keep the trains running safely and on time.
When Sam was a little boy, he listened to his father and grandfather talking railroad talk. They used all kinds of words that ordinary people didn’t understand. They had wonderful nicknames for each other, and slang words for many of the things they did." ( Phil chenevert and the author)
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Trains? Did someone say "trains"?

Too bad it's not PD for me. :( You might want to put the "not PD for everyone" disclaimer on this one.
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TriciaG wrote:Trains? Did someone say "trains"?

Too bad it's not PD for me. :( You might want to put the "not PD for everyone" disclaimer on this one.
I thought of you, especially the narrow gage section. Yes, I had better put tat disclaimer.
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May I have sections 1,8,10,20?
~ Larry
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silverquill wrote:May I have sections 1,8,10,20?
All yours Larry. Choo choo away. :D
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Post by BettyB »

may I have 13-16.

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BettyB wrote:may I have 13-16.

BettyB
Sure Bettty,
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TRAINS! :D If you don.t have a DPL, I would be honored to be part of this project.

I can DPL without MW. (I don't have a device that will allow me to edit the MW.)

Please say yes.
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HZFerr wrote:TRAINS! :D If you don.t have a DPL, I would be honored to be part of this project.

I can DPL without MW. (I don't have a device that will allow me to edit the MW.)

Please say yes.
Yes, I most definitely would love for you to be our DPL conductor on this little trip down the track. You donot need to modify the MW, just post in the thread and I will take care of it. Now get your RR hat on and we will hop on the doodlbbug (see RR terms at the end). (That little pump car workers ride_)
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Post by johnb2 »

Hi Phil

I would love to do 2-3 and 4.

john
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johnb2 wrote:Hi Phil

I would love to do 2-3 and 4.

john
All yours John. :thumbs:
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All aboard! :clap:
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johnb2 wrote:Hi Phil and HZferr

Chapter 2 @ 9:26


https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/trainsatwork_02_folsom_128kb.mp3

john
Petunia the Perky LibriVox Penguin(a volunteer)Imagewill put this into the Magic Window for proof listening.
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