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Train talk

Roger B. Yepsen

198385 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1983
first published
  • 1983Pantheon Books · 85 pages · ENGISBN 9780394857503

An introduction to the language of railroading, in which words, colored lights, flags, semaphore arms, coded whistles, hand signals, flares, and explosive alarms are used to guide trains and announce their arrivals and departures.

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Written forMiddle grade
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