Ralph on the Overland Express; Or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer

"All aboard." Ralph Fairbanks swung into the cab of No. with the lever hooked up for forward motion, and placed a firm hand on the throttle. It looked as though half the working force of the railroad, and every juvenile friend he had ever known in Stanley Junction, had come down to the little old depot that beautiful summer afternoon to especially celebrate the greatest event in his active railroad career.