Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy

An 1896 juvenile adventure novel, part of the Boy Scouts' Every Boy's Library, following Rodman Blake, a boy who wins a railroad cup race and sets out on a career in railroading, facing rivalry, tramps, train wrecks, and a train robbery.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic adventure and the sea›Making good: rags to riches›Railroads, mines, and engineering

Reader

Young readers›Adventure and the sea›Making good: rags to riches›Railroads, mines, and engineering