Zusammenfassung von Die jungen Eisenbahner: Abenteuer- und Erfindungsgeschichten

The story in 10 parts

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   A boy signals a station with a lantern

   At Bixton, Alex Ward, the station agent's son, shelters from a storm in an old log cabin and hides in the loft as trackmen bring in their bound foreman, Hennessy. Big Tony, a dismissed worker, stirs the men up with lies about cut wages. His plan is to throw a switch so the night train, Number Twenty, runs onto a washed-out spur and drops into the river.

   Alex first has to get out alive. He forces a rusty door, crawls through a barn, and cuts Hennessy's cords. The gang gives chase, and Alex heads for the old brickyard. From the brickyard semaphore he can see the station lights through the trees.

   He ties an old switch lantern to the arm, covers and uncovers the light with his cap, and flashes the station's telegraph call in Morse. When Big Tony snatches the lamp, Alex does not give up the message. Hennessy tackles Tony, the trackmen see the truth, and Number Twenty is stopped in time.

   The point is that the skill you already own can reach farther than you think.

2. 2

   Quick thinking turns a water cooler into a battery

   Two weeks later, Alex runs Watson Siding at night.

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3. 3

   Jack's tinkering saves a town and clears his name

   Jack Orr, a druggist's son in Haddowville, loves to take instruments apart, which earns him scoldings.

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4. 4

   Fence wire and a pushcar carry the boys through

   In Oakton, Jack must send a newspaper's story about a famous will case, and a rival company wants to beat him.

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5. 5

   Bank robbers, runaway cars, and a camera

   One late October night, Alex covers for the Bixton night operator.

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6. 6

   A ghost at the junction and a test of the ear

   Alex moves to the dispatching office in Exeter.

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7. 7

   Mind readers, boxes, a dude, and a flood

   On the way to Haddowville, the boys overhear two land agents planning to cheat a lonely old farmer out of a waterfall.

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8. 8

   A mine, a race, and a boy dragged across the prairie

   The Middle Western plans a branch toward the gold fields of Yellow Creek, racing a rival line, the K. and Z. Alex, Jack, and Wilson are chosen as operators.

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9. 9

   Honesty, friendship, and knowledge are the real tools

   Look at what saves the day in each chapter.

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10. 10

    Each chapter is a quick rescue told in telegraph code

    The book is a chain of short adventures, each with its own danger and its own cure.

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