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Kid Engineer Wins His Spurs After Night of Courage
In a brutal strike era episode at Zanesville, young Georgie McNeal, a new engine man under veteran Dad Hamilton, battles a broken rod on the 244 to save a train and crew. The collision of grit and loyalty ends with Georgie’s arm broken but earned respect as Dad hails him, and the pair return from peril as heroes amid strained relations with strikers.
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Zanesville
Dad Hawston
Dad
Dad Hamilton
Neighbor
Roundhouse
Foley
Corp of Engine
East End
McNeal
Georgie
Mae Ay Timce
Jack
Georgie McNex
McNea
Sphinx
Strickly
Oxford
Pennsylvania
Georgie MacNeal
Blackwood Flats
Zanesville Yards
West End