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Title: Ralph on the Overland Express
The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer

Author: Allen Chapman

Release Date: May 1, 2009 [EBook #28655]

Language: English

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RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS

OR

THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF A YOUNG ENGINEER

BY

ALLEN CHAPMAN

AUTHOR OF "RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE,"
"RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER,"
"RALPH ON THE ENGINE,"
"DAREWELL CHUMS SERIES," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

THE RAILROAD SERIES

By Allen Chapman

12mo. Illustrated. Cloth

RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE
Or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man

RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER
Or, Clearing the Track

RALPH ON THE ENGINE
Or, The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail

RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS
Or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer

(Other Volumes in Preparation.)

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1910, by

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Ralph on the Overland Express

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. No. 999 1
II. A Special Passenger 12
III. One of the Rules 22
IV. A Warning 35
V. At Bay 43
VI. Four Medals 51
VII. Dave Bissell, Train Boy 60
VIII. An Astonishing Discovery 68
IX. The Light of Home 76
X. Fire!