{"product_id":"burlington-northern-adventures-railroading-in-the-days-of-the-caboose-9781634995870","title":"Burlington Northern Adventures: Railroading in the Days of the Caboose","description":"\u003cb\u003eBrotherton recounts his experiences as brakeman, conductor, and trainmaster on Burlington Northern Railroad.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurlington Northern Adventures relates the personal experiences of the author William J. Brotherton, who went \"railroading\" as a brakeman, conductor, and trainmaster for the Burlington Northern Railroad system from 1979 to 1982. Through his many interesting short stories, Brotherton illustrates what it was like to work for a major railroad company before branch lines, vintage diesel locomotives, and cabooses were phased out. His accounts show what has changed within the railroad industry since then--and what has not.\u003cbr\u003eBrotherton, who grew up around trains in Georgia, takes the reader along on his personal encounters with a railroader's life in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Colorado. Now a lawyer, nothing in the courtroom compares to hanging on a boxcar in thirty-five-below weather working a local in North Dakota. He truly believed he would put in his thirty years with the railroad once he received his promotion to trainmaster with the Colorado \u0026amp; Southern Railway, a part of the Burlington Northern Railroad system--but he soon found that being a trainmaster was a special kind of hell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William J. Brotherton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.47w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634995870","brand":"America Through Time","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081510338697,"sku":"9781634995870","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_df8b0af8-1ba2-4ff9-b637-805e5ce345a1.jpg?v=1782240292","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/burlington-northern-adventures-railroading-in-the-days-of-the-caboose-9781634995870","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}