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Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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hine shop. I saw him fre-quently afterwards, and wondered justwho he really was, and what had been hisoccupation in better days. One day a strange man drove the greypast the office, and I asked the foremanwhat had become of Barlowe. Fired him, replied the foreman.Couldnt stand prosperity. Got drunk.Hes in the hospital now with tremens, soBarney Connor, the molder, tells me. And so it proved. A few days later we over the crooked single track of the Pan-hande road on time, and made the manpopular with his associates who alwayshad a cheer for him as the 900 tore past. Many a night the 900 stood underthe brilliant electric lights in the Pitts-burgh Union Station awaiting the mid-iiight express from the East, as the trav-eler stopped and shook hands with Jim, orcalled cheerily up the gangway to him inthe cab in the familiar way which delightsthe heart of the wide-known engineer. But big, handsome, lovable Jim Bar-lowe was not to remain a hero, enshrinedin the hearts of all who knew him. He
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SHEAR FOR HOSE CL.^MP BOLTS. De.^r Tom—The bearer, Jim Barlowe,is not a sober, industrious man; is not aloyal, faithful fellow who would give yougood service; but is a worthless, good-for-nothing chap. He gets drunk, andisnt worth a d—n; but hes a relative ofmine, and I wish you would put him towork. (Signed) Joe. ^^y old chum and shopmate is candid,at least, I mused, as I rang up the fore-man and told him to find a place for JimBarlowe, whose last job, so he told me,was driving a horse car. learned of poor Barlowes death, and alsothe sad life of the unfortunate man. James Barlowe, in his youth, was aspopular and clever a boy as there was inDennison, O. As a machinist apprenticeand locomotive fireman he even excelledthe popularity of his boyhood days. Nodance, party, or musicale was completewithout happy, dashing Jim Barlowe,and many a party was timed to suit Jimsrun. It was Jim Barlowes cool, daring skillthat drove the limited through the fog was to pass from the life of the j-ou

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