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=EF=BB=BFIf you=E2=80=99re not interested in expanding your general railroa=
d history/ operations(non Q) knowledge read no further.

As many of you know I am a steady consumer of books. I rarely recommend any=
 but a couple from this holiday absolutely stand out.

=E2=80=9CRailroad Man,Fifty Years of Memories=E2=80=9D by Richard Paseman. =
I=E2=80=99ve read 135 of 410 pages in just a handful of hours. I=E2=80=99m =
hooked and can=E2=80=99t put it down. That is except when I=E2=80=99m laugh=
ing so hard I have to close the book ! It=E2=80=99s set on the Santa Fe fro=
m 1966-2016 in Los Angeles/So. Calif. If you want to read about real on the=
 ground day to day railroading; learn about hand signs beyond stop and high=
 ball, listen to the unique language of railroading, understand the host of=
 characters that filled railroad ranks. I highly recommend this book. My on=
ly wish is that the author would have included a few maps to help me unders=
tand the lay of the land.=20

This line alone should give a good indication of why I recommend the book. =
The author is bumped off a day industry switch job and in turn bumps onto t=
he midnight version of the same job. He shows up at the yard office to find=
 he is the senior(oldest) helper on the job. =E2=80=9CWhich started a littl=
e bell ringing in the back of my head. Good jobs don=E2=80=99t usually go t=
o low seniority;=E2=80=9D.

=E2=80=9CGhosts of Gold Mountain=E2=80=9D by Gordon H Chang. It=E2=80=99s a=
 fast paced read with real insight into where the Chinese immigrants came f=
rom who built the Central Pacific, their day to jobs and life on the line,e=
tc,etc. These men became not only highly skilled and respected railroad bui=
lders but were sought after by other companies once the CP was completed. T=
his book now rests up against my copy of Ambroses=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9CNothing=
 Like it in the World=E2=80=9D.

Leo Phillipp


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