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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great freights is rooted in what is old. The romance of railroading is intact. Richard Davidson, U.P.'s chairman, sits in his 12th- floor office above Omaha's Dodge Street, named for engineer Grenville Dodge, who drove the original line west. Davidson, once an 18-year-old brakeman on the Missouri Pacific, views the Missouri River bluffs where Abraham Lincoln stood and pointed to the spot where the Union Pacific would begin in 1862. Through Davidson's window come the faint calls of trains hustling along the valley. "I still get emotional when I get on a locomotive and listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugh Sidey's America: BACK AT FULL THROTTLE | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...advised Jonathan, and so , he did, throttling the hatred that gave his life meaning. He learned to read from his only possession, a secondhand McGuffey's, and molded himself a crude set of false teeth. At 16, he ran away to Denver and got a job as a railway brakeman. He also made a friend, nicknamed College, whose family in Maine welcomed Jonathan after their son's death. Jonathan traveled the country in a vain search for his father -- someone to give him an anchor and a bloodline. In time he became a circuit rider and a pioneer farmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boughten Boyhood | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...those who still fancy the image of Cassady speeding cross country -- muscled arm out the window of a Hudson Hornet, Benzedrine inhaler in nostril -- it may come as a surprise to learn how hard he worked, albeit sporadically, to support his family. He was a brakeman for the Southern Pacific, a job that required a quick mind and quicker feet. Later, fellow workers at the Los Gatos Tire Co. marveled at his speed and skill with iron and sledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Beatnik's Wife OFF THE ROAD by Carolyn Cassady | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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