Project Gutenberg 2007-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 99 Munroe, Kirk 1850 1930 Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton, Linda McKeown, Anne Storer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy" by Kirk Munroe is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around a young boy named Rodman Blake, affectionately known as "Railroad Blake," who aspires to become a railroad man. The story unfolds in a setting filled with adventure, competition, and the charm of railroad life, reflecting the excitement and challenges faced by a boy in pursuit of his dreams. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the bustling life in Euston, where Rodman wins the prestigious Railroad Cup in a bicycle race, much to the dismay of his rival, Snyder Appleby. The opening chapters set the stage for an unfolding rivalry and a cruel accusation against Rod, which leads him to leave home seeking his own path. As he navigates challenges and makes new friends, including a railroad dog named Smiler, Rod's journey begins to intertwine with the colorful world of railroads. Determined and resourceful, he faces trials that offer thrilling adventures and moral lessons about integrity and resilience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Railroad stories PZ PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 346792 346621 2024-10-09T15:57:00.179053 2023-09-10T07:10:30.552876 text/html text/html 352616 2007-09-04T17:19:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 735086 2021-01-02T22:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 686625 2024-10-09T15:57:06.562039 application/epub+zip 690195 2024-10-09T15:57:01.919046 application/epub+zip 204768 2024-10-09T15:57:00.679018 application/epub+zip 815606 2024-10-09T15:57:10.715000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 769344 2024-10-09T15:57:05.963057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285802 2022-09-10T13:27:34.075406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303795 303665 2024-10-09T15:56:59.483077 2023-09-10T07:10:29.930890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 303406 2021-01-02T22:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114173 2021-01-02T22:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 303413 2021-01-02T22:41:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114173 2021-01-02T22:41:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21268 2024-10-09T15:57:10.856004 application/rdf+xml 22035 2024-10-09T15:57:00.766039 image/jpeg 3447 2024-10-09T15:57:00.723076 image/jpeg 971298 2024-10-09T15:57:00.241031 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia