Life on a locomotive;: The story of Buddy Williams, C & NW engineer, [Hardcover]

George H Williams (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 219 pages
• Publisher: Howell-North Books; First edition. edition (1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0831070846
• ISBN-13: 978-0831070847
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for C&NW and Steam enthusiasts, December 14, 2000

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Joel B. Stensberg (Green Bay, Wi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life on a locomotive;: The story of Buddy Williams, C & NW engineer, (Hardcover)

If you've always wanted to know what it was like back in the day's when steam engines ruled the rails, this is thee book for you.

Goerge Williams takes you on a lovingly painted pictorial of his Father Buddy Williams, a C&NW engineer. Follow his career from it's humble start as a fireman to humiliating the deisel at the end of his career and the steam locomotive itself.

You will find yourself rereading parts of it again and again.

5.0 out of 5 stars Life On A Locomotive, January 27, 2011

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yooperdan - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Life on a locomotive;: The story of Buddy Williams, C & NW engineer, (Hardcover)

This book was interesting to me as I worked as a Conductor for 38 years on the C&NW. While Buddy had retired 12 years before I started he worked over some of the same streches of track. I never put the book down once I started reading. My only complaint would be it wasn't long enough.