Railroads & Locomotives History An engineer’s life: Mad Dog and the volcano

An engineer’s life: Mad Dog and the volcano

By Michael Sawyer | June 13, 2023

The day the sky turned black

An image showing a young man in a plade shirt and red suspenders standing in front of a green diesel locomotive

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