The Donovan chance

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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About This Book

A young railyard mechanic who completed high school while working wrestles with whether to accept a predictable engine career or pursue wider ambitions; family obligations and loyalty complicate the choice. When trouble on the mountain short line — accidents, dangerous tunnels, a sabotaged timber raft and a runaway special — threatens lives and railroad operation, he faces tests of skill, discipline and courage. Through resourcefulness, teamwork and decisive action he navigates physical hazards and interpersonal challenges, resolves crises that imperil the line, and meets a final contest that determines his standing and future prospects.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
“I reckon you can find your way from here”	Frontispiece
“What made you run away and go home?”	22
They had a glimpse of the sleeping sentinel stretched out before the padlocked door	48
For the first few minutes they could do nothing but stare. It all seemed like magic	62
The timber raft with its terrific bomb was swinging out into the current	90
A minute later the prisoners were hauled out	108
Larry went over the edge of the rock ... and worked his way out to one of the depressions	122
With a rush and a roar the flying locomotive shot down upon the masterless Pullman	148