Last Train to Texas

Journalist Fred Frailey has written for Trains magazine for more than 40 years. He has authored five other railroad books, including Twilight of the Great Trains, Southern Pacific's Blue Streak Merchandise, and Rolling Thunder (with Gary Benson).

Filled with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful insights into the railroading industry, Last Train to Texas is an adventure in every sense of the word.

Foreword by Thomas G. HobackPart I: Running the Railroads1. President Carter to the Rescue2. The Man You Never Wanted to Cross3. Watch Rob Run4. Thinking Outside the Container5. The World According to Mcclellan6. The Saga of 'Pisser Bill'7. A Man in Full8. Mike Haverty's Long Shadow9. How to Go Boots Up in Railroading10. The Battles of Powder River11. When Lou Menk Saved a Zephyr12. Inside the Mind of Michael Ward13. The Legacy of Hunter Harrison14. A Battle for Supremacy in the WestPart II: Travels around Trains15. The Cocoon of a Long-Distance Train16. No Place for Man or Beast . . . or Train17. The Ladies from Cork Are Aghast18. Crossing the Country in a Blur19. Ode to a Coach Yard20. By Train to the End of the Earth21. Pencil-Whipping Train 10122. I Plead the Fifth23. My Prestigious Experience24. The Late, Late Train25. The Train to Cordoba26. You Gotta Love the Soo Line27. New York City, Then28. New York City, Now29. Best Little Railroad in Effingham30. Last Train to Texas31. Railroading in a Fiery Furnace32. Night Train to NowherePart III: Kicking the Train Down the Tracks33. Miss Katy's Funny Pieces of Paper34. Moments I'd Rather Forget35. The Timeless Clovis Sub36. What's the Matter with Florida?37. The Brain Drain38. A Little Drawbridge that Couldn't39. That Commodore Vanderbilt Feeling40. The Ageless World of Stan Kistler41. Saturday Night Fever42. Who Really Saved Illinois Central43. Why You May Yet Read by Candlelight44. 14th Street at Night45. The Wreck of Old 5446. The Mother of All Traffic Jams