- 1Part I — Jim Wainright’s Kid
- 2An Engineer’s Christmas Story
- 3The Clean Man and the Dirty Angels
- 4A Peg-Legged Romance
- 5My Lady of the Eyes
- 6Some Freaks of Fate
- 7Mormon Joe, the Robber
- 8A Midsummer Night’s Trip
- 9The Polar Zone
- 10Part II
- 11Chapter II — An Encounter With Train Robbers
- 12Chapter III — In a Wreck
- 13Chapter IV — A Woman Operator Who Saved a Train
- 14Chapter V — A Night Office in Texas — A Stuttering Despatcher
- 15Chapter VI — Blue Field, Arizona, and an Indian Scrimmage
- 16Chapter VII — Taking a Whirl at Commercial Work — My First Attempt…
- 17Chapter VIII — Sending a Message Perforce — Recognizing an Old Frie…
- 18Chapter IX — Bill Bradley, Gambler and Gentleman
- 19Chapter X — The Death of Jim Cartwright — Chased Off a Wire by a Woman
- 20Chapter XI — Witnessing a Marriage by Wire — Beating a Pool Room —…
- 21Chapter XII — How a Smart Operator Was Squelched — The Galveston Flood
- 22Chapter XIII — Sending My First Order
- 23Chapter XIV — Running Trains by Telegraph — How It Is Done
- 24Chapter XV — An Old Despatcher’s Mistake — My First Trick
- 25Chapter XVI — A General Strike — A Locomotive Engineer for a Day
- 26Chapter XVII — Chief Despatcher — An Inspection Tour — Big River Wreck
- 27Chapter XVIII — A Promotion by Favor and Its Results
- 28Chapter XIX — Jacking Up a Negligent Operator — A Convict Operator…
- 29Chapter XX — An Episode of Sentiment
- 30Chapter XXI — The Military Operator — A Fake Report That Nearly Cau…
- 31Chapter XXII — Private Dennis Hogan, Hero
- 32Chapter XXIII — The Commission Won — In a General Strike
- 33Chapter XXIV — Experiences as a Government Censor of Telegraph
- 34Chapter XXV — More Censorship
- 35Chapter XXVI — Censorship Concluded
- 36Chapter XXVII — Conclusion
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