Download or read book The Life and Times of a Railroad Engineer written by Bud Hoekstra and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For people connected to the railroad in some way, "The Life and Times of a Railroad Engineer" is just the ticket to give you the perspective of a railroad engineer with many years of service. A born storyteller with a memory for detail, he decided to write the book after he retired with 42 years of railroading under his belt. He has gathered facts and figures and illustrations as well as stories of some of the people who worked on the railroad with him. This book is for the person who wants to know what it is like to sit up front in that prestigious seat in the cab of a diesel locomotive."--Amazon.com.