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01945cam a2200313 a 4500 001 86944A142AFE11DE88878907A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20151107120529 008 010131s2001 wiu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2001087142 020 $a 9780915024902 020 $a 091502490X 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d OCLCQ $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d IO4 $d SILO 043 $a n-usc-- 050 00 $a HE2771 $b .B69 2001 082 00 $a 385/.0977 $2 21 100 1 $a Boyer, Dennis. 245 1 $a Prairie whistles : $b tales of midwest railroading / $c Dennis Boyer. 260 $a Black Earth, Wis. : $b Trails Books, $c c2001. 300 $a viii, 128 p. ; $c 23 cm. 505 0 $a pt. 1. Blow the whistle and ring the bell. Deadheading on the 381 ; All-American engines ; Railroad boot camp ; Pullman hanky-panky ; Timber Road ; Steady as she goes ; Rolling the distant signal ; Undercover engine trainee ; "Easterners" ; Wreck of the Milwaukee. -- pt. 2. Grease, cinders, and signals. Steamed up ; Epitaph for a section head ; High altitude railroading ; Caboose No. 992094 ; Ties that bind ; Tender boy ; Tower times ; Oktoberfest special ; Accidental carman ; Working section ; Hospital train ; The money hole ; Key man ; Shop clicks. -- pt. 3. Fellow travelers. Drover's caboose ; Tater fraters ; King Ole: hobo boss of the Midwest ; Steaming ore ; Orphan trains ; Ghost train ; Little boy's eyes ; Immigrant train ; Railroad digs ; Valley characters ; Railroad canteen ; Ship jumper, train hopper ; Fifty years on the bench ; Honeymoon train ; Runaway train ; River City layout ; Lincoln's depot. -- Some railroading terms. 650 0 $a Railroads $z Middle West $x History. 941 $a 4 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20201013081459.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006040717.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20140514012316.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=86944A142AFE11DE88878907A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IO4Initiate Another SILO Locator Search