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As America, carried along by the expanding rail system, moved westward in the nineteenth century, few occupations seemed more exciting or romantic than that of railroad engineer. And in the mountains and plains of the West, long hours, backbreaking labor, bitter temperatures, and faulty brakes were the crucible in which the best of the early railroaders were formed: only the most dedicated and skilled men passed the tests the narrow-gauge lines of Colorado meted out. In Goin Railroading, Sam Speas tells the story of his father, Sam Speas Sr., who left Missouri in 1883 to become an engineer in Colorado, and recounts his own experiences and those of his brothers and fellow railroaders on the Colorado and Southern Railway, from the golden era of the narrow-gauge lines in South Park to the final days of steam power on the Front Range and the coming of the diesel engine.

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Goin' Railroading
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Goin' Railroading
Two Generations Of Colorado Stories
BY MARGARET COEL,
AS TOLD BY SAM SPEAS
University Press of Colorado
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Copyright 1991, 1998 by Margaret Coel
Originally published by Pruett Publishing Company.
International Standard Book Number 0-87081-497-4
Published by the University Press of Colorado
P.O. Box 849
Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Speas, Sam, 19011981.
Goin' railroading: two generations of Colorado stories / by Margaret
Coel, as told by Sam Speas.
p. cm.
Originally published: Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Pub. Col, c1985.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87081-497-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Speas, Sam, 19011981. 2. Colorado and Southern Railroad
History. 3. Locomotive engineersColoradoBiography. 4. Speas
family. 5. Como (Colo.)Social life and customs. I. Coel, Margaret,
1937 . II. Title.
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Contents
Preface
ix
Preface to First Edition
xi
1. Goin' Railroading
1
2. The Big Smoke
8
3. The 10 Spot
15
4. Pretty Rough Riding
20
5. Fast Freight to Leadville
30
6. The Road to Everywhere
37
7. Through the Mountain
45
8. Buckin' the Snow
52
9. Como Days
59
10. Wreck on the Line
67
11. The Union Men
73
12. So Long, Old Friends
81
13. Runnin' to Romley
87
14. The Old Engineer
92
15. A New Day Comin'
97
16. The Extra Board
102

17. The North End
108
18. Runnin' on Orders, Messages, and Rules
114
19. Those Depression Years
120
20. Special Trains
128
21. Storms
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