SCOTSMAN.—"Mr. Hamblen shows a mastery of detail, and is easy and fluent in American railwaymen's jargon, much of it more expressive than polite. His book is well written, instructive, and of thrilling interest. There are almost a score of capital illustrations."
DAILY MAIL.—"The pages are full of rough, but attractive, characters, forcible language, brakemen, locomotives, valves, throttles, levers, and fire-scoops; and the whole dashing record is casually humorous amid its inevitable brutalities, and is of its kind excellent."
ATHENÆUM.—"The story is vividly told, and decidedly well kept up with tales of hairbreadth escapes and collisions commendable for vigour and naturalness.... A book which holds the interest."
WORLD.—"Better worth reading than half the romances published, for it contains matter that is as interesting as it is absolutely novel."
ACADEMY.—"A monstrous entertaining little book. Open it anywhere and your luck will hardly fail you. And for real gripping adventure you begin to doubt whether any career is worthy to show itself in the same caboose with that of an 'engineer.'... His life is as full of adventure as a pirate's.... A valuable contribution to the literature that is growing around the Romance of Steam."
WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—"Singularly fascinating. It is just crammed with moving episodes and hair-raising adventures, all set down with a vivid and unadorned vigour that is a perfect example of the art of narration. The pulses quicken, the heart bounds, as we read."
DAILY CHRONICLE.—"A most interesting volume."
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