Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Ralph auf der Lokomotive; oder: Der junge Heizer des Eilpostzugs
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About 3 h 10 min to read.Für wen es gedacht ist
You will enjoy this if you love trains, railroad lore, quick adventures with a brave young hero, and stories where loyal friends and honest work win through.
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A fireman fresh to the cab sees a landslide tear loose in the dark and knows at once it is no accident. That is how Ralph on the Engine begins. Allen Chapman writes a railroad adventure about Ralph Fairbanks, a young fireman on the Great Northern, with robbers, a kidnapping, a strike and a runaway train. You get a brisk tale of courage and honest work, and it starts with a night run to Dover.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A fake landslide stops the night freightFree
- 2Kindness to a stranger leads to a clue
- 3Ralph tracks the silk robbers to their hiding place
- 4A special run turns into a kidnapping
- 5A strike hides a plot against the railroad
- 6Friends and a missing car
- 7What the story is really about
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A fake landslide stops the night freight
Ralph Fairbanks wins the night run to Dover over the late and unreliable Jim Evans, who swears to get even. His engineer is kindly old John Griscom, whose eyes are failing.
In a deep cut, Ralph sees a mass of earth fall across the rails and throws the air brake just in time. A scrap of paper marked Handle With Care, Dynamite tells him the slide is a trap. He uncouples the caboose, lets it roll backward down the grade, and runs to the village of Brocton for help.
The robbers escape with some silk, but a cap left behind carries the initials of his old enemy Ike Slump. From the first night, the book shows how quick thinking and steady nerve mark Ralph as a railroader to watch.
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About 3 h 10 min to read.Questions about Ralph auf der Lokomotive; oder: Der junge Heizer des Eilpostzugs
What is Ralph on the Engine about?
It follows Ralph Fairbanks, a young fireman on the Great Northern Railroad, as he stops robbers, helps rescue a kidnapped passenger, faces a strike and works toward justice for his family.
Who is Gasper Farrington?
Farrington is a rich, scheming man from Stanley Junction who holds a grudge against the Fairbanks family. He owes them twenty thousand dollars and secretly works against Ralph and the railroad.
Do I need to read the earlier Ralph books first?
No. The opening chapters recap Ralph of the Roundhouse and Ralph in the Switch Tower, so the story stands on its own. Earlier events are explained as you go.
What is the Short Line Railroad in the story?
It is the Dover and Springfield Short Line, a small railroad being built through a wild region called The Barrens by Farwell Gibson and his helpers, with Ralph's friends among the workers.
Is Ralph on the Engine easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short, the language is plain, and the story moves quickly through chases, rescues and mysteries, which makes it simple to follow.