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Bob Brooks uas an engineer for The Mir I-World Railway Company, on the St. Louis to Topeka run. Engineer Bob was the best trainman The \hd-World Railway Company ever had. and (Jiarlie was the best train! * ’ л Charlie was a 402 Big Bov Steam Locomotive, and Engineer Bob "as the onlv man who had ever been allowed to sit in his peak-seat and pull the whistle. |ЛГП,7 ' WHOOO-OOOO „I ( .harlics whistle,and whenever,hev heanl i.eehoing ',l:" "?> said-' eoes ('harlie and Engineer lioh. ,l,e MM ran, between S, l.o,„s .-„„1 Горека! Boys .-„„I .-iris ran into their yards to wa.eh Charlie and Engineer Bob go by. Engineer Boh would smile and wave.The children would smile and wave back. -ji 1
Engineer Bob had a special secret, lie was the only one who knew. Charlie the Choo-C.hoo was reallv. reallv alive. One day while they were making the run between Topeka and St. I-ouis. Engineer Hob heard singing, very soft and low. "W ho is in the cab with me?" Engineer Boh said sternly. 2
“Don't worry,” said a small, gru IT voice, ‘'ll is only I.” “Who’s I?” Engineer Bob asked. Il<* spoke in his biggest, sternest voice, because he still thought someone was playing a joke on him. “Charlie,” said the small, gruff voice. , “Hardy bar-liar!” said Engineer Bob. “Trains can't talk! I may not know much, but I know t Ifyou'iv Charlie, I suppose you can blow your own whistle!’’ “Of course.” said the small. grulTvoice, and just then the whistle made its big noise, rolling out across the Missouri plains: WHOOO-OOOO! "Goodness!” said Engineer Bob. “It really is von!”
“I told you,” said Charlie llic Choo-Choo. -I low come I never knew you were alive before?" asked Engineer Bob. l.v d.dn I vou ever talk to me before?" . Then Charlie sang this song to Engineer Boh in lus small, gruff vo.ee. DONT ASK ME SILLY QUESTIONS, I WONT PLAY SILLY GAMES. I’M JUST A SIMPLE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN, AND 111 ALWAYS BE THE SAME. I ONLY WANT TO RACE ALONG, BENEATH THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY, AND BE A HAPPY CHOO-CHOO TRAIN, UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
“\\ ill \он talk lo me some more when we're making bur run? " asked Engineer Iktk N like that." ~l would, loo." said Charlie. “I love vou, Engineer Bob." "I love you too, Charlie." said Engineer Bob, and then he blew the whistle himself.ju»11,1 show how happy he was. WHOOO-OOO! It was the biggest and best Charlie hath' r whistled, and everyone who heard il came out to see. Engineer Bob and Charlie spent main happy days together and talked of Engineer Bob lived alone, and Charlie was the first real friend he'd had siu<« 1 died, long ago, in New York.
м-inm гаш.иог-пимш- ..... . . n I . worried voice,but Charlie only sang his song in W liat is tins? hngincer Bob askc <i ю *» his smallest, gruffest voice: D0N7 ASK ME SILLY QUESTIONS, I WON’T PLAY £ I’M JUST A SIMPLE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN. AND I’LL ALWAYS BE THE SAM I ONLY WANT TO RACE ALONG, BENEATH THE daY | DIE. AND BE A HAPPY CHOO-CHOO TRAIN, UNTIL T (i
Mr. Briggs, the Roundhouse Manager, came over. I hat is a Beautiful diesel locomotive,” said Engineer Bob, "but you will have to move it out of Charlie's berth. Mr. Briggs. Charlie needs a lube job this verv afternoon. "Charlie won't be needing any more lube jobs, Engineer Bob,” said Mr. Briggs sadly Ibis is his replacement a brand-new Burlington Zephyr diesel loco. Once, Charlit "a-the best locomotive in tbc world, but now be is old and his boiler leaks. I ain afraid the time has come for Charlie to retire." J
.... и 710 and го'«е! I will telegraph ‘Nonsense!’ Engineer Bob «as mad! wi„ «кртрН ***”**£% Raymond Martin, -ms,IP. I know him. ”r ^ ride. 1 И her pull the lany.ud. and afterwards Charlie and 1 look his lit* j ‘ 14 а,ч1 Charlie whistled his loudest toi u 1 mself " ho ordered the new 'lamsorn. Bob," said Mr. Briggs," * lau* 11 ",l!* Ml . tshllIU0<l off «> a siding in the fartta* 1' "as true. And so Charlie the Choo-Ghoo \ x4(MM|s. of Mid-World’s St. Louis y ard to ru> 8
Now the HONNNK! HONNNK! of the Burlington Zephyr was heard on to Topeka run, and Charlies blew no more. the St. ililwl'!!' t"1 n,|<< ,U S|<1<* *n l*le seal "here Engineer Bob once sal so proudlv, wat«*fo'n t°S"lc sPwl Pasl; family of swallows nested in his smokestack. <)
»lonelv and very sad. lie missed the steel Iraeks and blight blue sk.es and vv.de os. Sometimes, late at night, he..... "I d.,- things and ened dark o.ly tears. d his fine Straiha... I.eadiigl.t,.he didn't can, becausenow the Stratham Was old, and ii was always dark. W
Mr. Martin, the President of The Mid-World Railway Company, wrote and offered to put Engineer Bob in the peak-seat of the new Burlington Zephyr. "It is a line loco, Engineer Bob." said Mr. Martin,“chock-full of zi|> and zowie, and >ou sbouMj be the one to pilot it! Of all the Engineers who work for Mid-World, von arc the bcst.^\n< m\ daughter Susannah has never forgotten that you let her pull old Charlie’s whistle. But Engineer Bob said that if he couldn't pilot Charlie, his days as a trainman were don* ■ "I wouldn t understand such a line new diesel loco." said Engineer Bob,“and it wouldnt understand me* He was given a job cleaning the engines in the St. Louis yards, and Engineer Bob became Wiper Bob. Sometimes the other engineers who drove the fine nevr diesels would laugh at him. “Ьн»к at that old fool!" they said, “lie cannot understand that the world has moved on! II
. . l’ ihc rail vard, "here W,......s,lalr at night. ISngi'. CfcHie the Choo-Choo Stood on ihr Jheight «as rusts and dark, g borne. Weeds had twined in his s> * j(>ss and less. lK'J" 1(1 Charlie.bu‘ ‘:har “ terrible idea ran»- in»» „.plied: ■* nights he would not talk а. а1\°"в До bis smallest, gntffesl vo.ee, • • .haiii,-, are >.lying- he ashed, and ...... Г
Mr. Martin, the President of Tin* \|; i u . J1 «1ич к on the operation. ||js .>|' °! Railway Company, came to St. Louis to j I ',a,iglit'*r'vas giving her firs, mqno14 ? Г1<|<* ,h<‘ Burlington Zephyr to Topeka, whoa' h* star,. There was water in Z !ilZ afternoon. On,у the Zeplnr «ouMn« | runs! NN bat to do? ,M ’11 sec*ncd. ЛЦ the other trains wen* out on »h*r
il\ |и* по longer looked like N*»*one lugged Mr. Martin's arm. It was NN ,IM‘I 1' ®and put on a clean pair -«"id..He had .aken off his 0fWm"S- °" his ,‘"a<l WaS Mis 0l<1 P,"° . , -Char)ie «ill make the run u> ladies is right over there, on that siding,” he sank ■ daughter', piano rental. Via. МГ. Martin. Charlie «ill get you there in I» • K«
-Thai „Id steamer?" scoffed Mr. Itriggs. "<'.bai lie would slill be lil'lv miles out of lo|H.ka J at sundown!’’ , ,ani | |ia\e l*ecn ‘Charlie rail do it. Kngincer Hoi» insisU*<l. "\\ itliont a train lo pull. I know tc <« cleaning his engine and Ins lioilrr in my spare* lime, you see. . r ‘We'll give it atr\.“said Mr. Marlin. "I would be sorr\ to miss Susannahs lirst • ( liarlir was all reach logo; Kngiiieer hob bad Idled his tender with fresh coal, and dj'. . .nl>|v so hot its sides wen* red. Ih* helped Mr. Martin up into the cab and backed Charlie *» lor-nttn. siding and onto the main track for the lirst lime in years.'Then, as he engage1 • '«si. lie pulled on the lanyard and (diarlie ga\e his old brave cry: WHOOO-OOOOO.
atoll the into their >апь , iiark! Hurrah! cl. he blew his UlmerSt. Louis the eliiKiro........ rusty old steam loco pass. ’Look!" they cried."Its Charlie! * "avcd.and as Charlie stcarn('<l 01 just as he had in the old days: W (li»ict\.clack went Charlie's wh k' Bnimp-hrump went the c ^dkalmut /owie! (lolly gee.gos' h»1 countryside went whi//hig ’bn wen» standing still!
17 “lloptedoodle!" cried Mr. Martin, waving liis hat in the air. “This is some locomotive, Bob! I don't know win we ever retired it! How do you k<?ep the coal-conveyor loaded at this speed?" Kngineer Bob onl\ smiled, because be knew C'.harlic was feeding himself. \nd. beneath clicked-clack and the cluilTa-chufla and the brump-hruni|>. he could hear Charlie snip1 his old song in his low. gruff voice: ath th*‘ singii»? DON’T ASK ME SILLY QUESTIONS, I WONT PLAY SILLY GAMES. CM JUST A SIMPLE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN, AND I’LL ALWAYS BE THE SAME. I ONLY WANT TO RACE ALONG, BENEATH THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY, AND BE A HAPPY CHOO-CHOO TRAIN, UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
(-!»arliegot Mr. Martin to his daughters piano '.ч‘(',,а1 /V' n'i**;..rl!i.. ofYour*-^n„al, was just tickled pink to see her old Inem • • * , oU, of ,,10 «И wen, back to St. Louis together with Susannah tank. g ^in-whistle the whole wav. 18
Mr. Martin got Charlie ami Engineer Bob a gig pulling kids around the brand-new Mid-World \miisemcnt Park and Fun Fair in California, and you will find them there to this dav. pulling laughing children hither and thither in that world of lights an music and good, w holcsomc fun. Engineer Bob's hair is white, and Charlie doesn't talk as much as he once did. I"111”’1*1 of them still have plenl\ of zip and zowie. and every now and then the children bar Charlie singing his old song in his soft, gruff voice. THE END
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