Ralph on the Engine; Or, The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail
THE LOCOMOTIVE SETTLED BACK ON A SLANT. Ralph on the Engine. Frontispiece (Page 10.)
Copyright, 1909, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
Ralph on the Engine
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“Ralph Fairbanks.”
“On hand, sir.”
“You are to relieve Fireman Cooper on the Dover slow freight.”
“All right, sir.”
Ralph Fairbanks arose from the bench on which he was seated in the roundhouse at Stanley Junction.
Over a dozen men had been his companions for the past hour. There were engineers waiting for their runs, firemen resting after getting their locomotives in order, and “extras,” who, like the young railroader himself, were so far on the substitute list only.
Allen Chapman
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CONTENTS
RALPH ON THE ENGINE
CHAPTER I
THE NIGHT RUN
CHAPTER II
THE LANDSLIDE
CHAPTER III
EVERYBODY’S FRIEND
CHAPTER IV
AN OLD-TIME ENEMY
CHAPTER V
ON SPECIAL DUTY
CHAPTER VI
ZEPH
CHAPTER VII
LIMPY JOE’S RAILROAD RESTAURANT
CHAPTER VIII
THE HIDDEN PLUNDER
CHAPTER IX
A SUSPICIOUS PROCEEDING
CHAPTER X
THE SPECIAL
CHAPTER XI
KIDNAPPED
CHAPTER XII
THE RAILROAD PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XIII
THE SHORT LINE RAILWAY
CHAPTER XIV
A RAILROAD STRIKE
CHAPTER XV
THE RUNAWAY TRAINS
CHAPTER XVI
CAR NO. 9176
CHAPTER XVII
UNDER SEALED ORDERS
CHAPTER XVIII
THE STRIKE LEADER
CHAPTER XIX
THE WIRE TAPPERS
CHAPTER XX
IN PERIL
CHAPTER XXI
A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XXII
THE LIMITED MAIL
CHAPTER XXIII
THE PICNIC TRAIN
CHAPTER XXIV
IN “THE BARRENS”
CHAPTER XXV
TOO LATE
CHAPTER XXVI
THE MAD ENGINEER
CHAPTER XXVII
A NEW MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE FREIGHT THIEVES
CHAPTER XXIX
A PRISONER
CHAPTER XXX
THE LOST DIAMONDS
CHAPTER XXXI
JUSTICE AT LAST—CONCLUSION