- First published
- 1962
- Editions
- 1 edition
- Status
- In print
Smokey
A hardworking switch-yard steam locomotive named Smokey, facing the scrap heap, breaks free for one last great journey across the countryside.
"Smokey worked in a railroad yard and never got to travel like other locomotives. When he heard he was going to the scrap yard, he decided to take a trip. Then his adventure began."
On the original family site, his son wrote that his father fell in love with steam engines and trains as a child, and the whole family would go down to the station in Glendale to watch the locomotives, which were especially spectacular at night. "My dad loved to draw trains. He felt that steam locomotives were alive. They are marvelous pieces of design that are made all the more interesting because all the working parts are exposed." He wrote another train story, The Caboose Who Got Loose, and trains feature prominently in Pamela Camel and Farewell to Shady Glade. (Bill Peet, Jr.)
From the book
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