Cross and Medal Change a Railroad Descent into Truth
In a tense office confrontation on a mountain division, a front end brakeman faces possible firing after a disputed signal. A veteran conductor and an honest passenger reveal hidden loyalties, with a Victoria Cross medal and Sudan tale shifting the superintendent’s judgment and saving the narrator from dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome
Albers
Rat River
Morrison
Sudan
Dave Iowk
Rocksby
Morricon
Dave Hawk the Quiet Master of a West End Division
A rugged railroad tale follows Dave Hawk, a feared but principled conductor on the West End, as he navigates a system rife with corruption. Tommie recalls their uneasy bond, Bucks the new superintendent, and Dave’s haunting confession of theft and past losses.
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Dave
No. L
Victoria
Albers
Medicine Bend
No. 11
Eating House
Tommie
West End
Okine
Net
Wno
Dave Hawk
Reneane
Rocksby
Haverty
Bhir
Haverly
Hawk
Mel
John Stanley Bucks
Wicklup
Bucks
Mountaineer
Crook
Tratomaster
Ofice
Jean
Stone
Callahan
Pucks
Naeks
Backs
Trainmaster
Henry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles
Rat River
Tie
Panhandle
The Train Massacre and the Bold Cowboy's Fate
A violent incident unfolds on a train from San Francisco to Portland. Passengers flee as a killer in a mask shoots from a smoker car, then a cowboy named Hawk engages and is killed or disabled. The tale ends with the hero, Dave Ilank, and a tainted thief named Master, shaping a grim reckoning.
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San Francisco
Portland
Henry
Hawk
Dave Ilank
Tes
Cowboy
Theo
Bert
Dave
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Frank H. Spearman
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Aubera
Ones
Bloomine Mountain Division
Picton
Peace River
No. Ll
Treve
McCloud
Old Country
Conan
Rosebud
Dace
Dare
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