Life along the Tracks

As a boy in the early 1950s, Mike McLaughlin was a regular stowaway riding switch engines back and forth in Seattle, Washington. By the time he was in high school, he was hand-firing steam engines as an unofficial crew member. Unlike those of an executive or engineer, his personal accounts focus on what went on behind the scenes.

Cand era baiat, la inceputul anilor 1950, Mike McLaughlin era un clandestin obisnuit care mergea cu motoare inainte si inapoi in Seattle, Washington. Pana cand era in liceu, el tragea manual masini cu abur ca membru neoficial al echipajului.