- Hardcover: 261 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press (1 July 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520068440
- ISBN-13: 978-0520068445
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15 x 2.5 cm
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The memoirs of Amtrack brakeman/conductor, Linda Niemann.
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A fascinating and inspiring journey, 12 Dec 2005
By Selena Maranjian - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boomer: Railroad Memoirs (Hardcover)
Why has no one reviewed this book yet?? I suddenly feel duty-bound to put in some words for it - all of them good. This book is funny and touching, and even educational -- I learned all kinds of interesting things about how railroads run (and about the people who run railroads). It's the kind of book you may have trouble putting down, as you'll want to find out where Ms. Neimann travels next.
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Renamed as "On the Rails", 28 Feb 2006
By John Nagle "downside" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boomer: Railroad Memoirs (Paperback)
This book has been retitled as "On the Rails". The title, "Boomer", although a traditional railroad term for a century, was confusing customers. See
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573440647
It's impressive, and amusing.
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Tough and Honest, 26 Oct 2011
By Mcgivern Owen L - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boomer: Railroad Memoirs (Railroads Past and Present) (Paperback)
"Boomer" is Linda Grant Niemann's memoir of a wayward career on the Southern Pacific Railroad. This one hits harder than the coffee table release of her "Railroad Noir". B does not paint a pretty picture of life on the Espee but vivid it is. This authoress does not mince words whether relating to her working or personal lives. Some episodes of Niemann's private life could have been dispensed with.This reviewer cannot tell if the labor and so-called personnel practices described herein still exist but the conditions in "Boomer" are harsh. They border on the terrifying. The cities and crew bases on the S.P. are virtual hells on earth. Examples:
>"Strang Yard wallows midst the belching and fuming chemical plants in Houston. Strang is full of round, black deadly tank cars. The tankers are loaded with flammable gas, deadly chemicals, nerve gas, sulphuric acid, anhydrous ammonia, and God knows what else".
>Tucumcari, NM: "Everything in town was falling down: paint peeling, adobe crumbling, phones broken...."
>Carrizozo, NM "offered no movie house, no gym, no 24 hour coffee shop, no bookstore, and no pleasant place to hang out..." It did offer a bar whose owner ratted out his Espee customers who drank.
>El Paso Yard offered unique safety issues caused by joint operation by two roads with no one in charge. And West Colton Yard. was a "smog-filled sinkhole on the refuse-filled outskirts of the L.A. Basin".
Potential readers should have the drift. And this review has not delved-or sunk-into the draconian labor practices or management harassment. "Boomer" is still highly recommended for serious railfans (NOT "train buffs"), anyone intrepid enough to consider a career in railroading, and for its' stark portrayals of the American West. It's tough out there, as the authoress can well attest.
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