Relive experiences of real railroaders with Tales of the Rails from Firecrown. Includes 46 first-hand accounts from professional railroaders, from the steam era through the 1970s. Every rail enthusiast has imagined it - climbing into the cab of a steam locomotive and pulling open the throttle or sitting at a dispatcher s console as trains race across a busy main line. With Tales of the Rails, you can come closer than ever before! This book brings together 46 first-hand accounts from professional railroaders sharing stories about their jobs. Some funny, some tragic, and some nerve-wracking, but always entertaining and informative. Pulled from the pages of Trains and Classic Trains magazines, these stories span the age of steam into the 1970s. Tales of the Rails is one of many Firecrown railroading books. 304 pages.