Engine-Driving Life eBook

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. There are many facts in our railway life that pass unnoticed and unrecorded, and are lost in Oblivion; for few there are who witness the struggle for advancement, who search for the platines of fine gold and bring them to the surface. The battle of life absorbs all our energies, and it is because we are not all cast in the same mould that now and again we hear of adventures which throw fresh light on the history of men, their character and deeds, and the record of which enables others to trace the reflection of their own experience.