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to go ahead is still the “highball” because railroaders still use many
of the old words. Firemen and brakemen now have machinery that does many
of the things they used to do, but they keep their old names. And one
thing hasn’t changed at all: People still love trains. The men who work
on the huge powerful engines would rather work there than almost
anywhere else. That’s how Sam feels about it.
[Illustration: HIGHBALL MEANS TO GO FAST, BECAUSE IN THE OLD DAYS