Tom Swift and His Electric LocomotivePurchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properly ballasted roadbed might not be an impossibility," said Mr. Barton Swift ruminatively. "It is one of those things that are coming," and he flashed his son, Tom Swift, a knowing smile. It had been a topic of conversation between them before the visitor from the West had been seated before the library fire and had sampled one of the elder Swift's good cigars. "It is not only a future possibility," said the latter gentleman, shrugging his shoulders. "As far as the Hendrickton and Pas Alos Railroad Company goes, a two mile a minute gait - not alone on a level track but through the Pas Alos Range - is an immediate necessity. It's got to be done now, or our stock will be selling on the curb for about two cents a share." |
Contents
1 A TEMPTING OFFER | 7 |
2 TROUBLE STARTS | 19 |
3 TOM SWIFTS FRIENDS | 25 |
4 MUCH TO THINK ABOUT | 32 |
5 BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS | 40 |
6 THE CONTRACT SIGNED | 48 |
7 THE MAN WITH BIG FEET | 58 |
8 AN ENEMY IN THE DARK | 67 |
14 SPEED | 108 |
15 THE ENEMY STILL ACTIVE | 116 |
16 OFF FOR THE WEST | 124 |
17 THE WRECK OF FORTYEIGHT | 131 |
18 ON THE HENDRICKTON PAS ALOS | 139 |
19 PERIL THE MOTHER OF INVENTION | 150 |
20 THE RESULT | 156 |
21 THE OPEN SWITCH | 162 |
9 WHERE WAS KOKU? | 74 |
10 A STRANGE CONVERSATION | 83 |
11 TOUCH AND GO | 89 |
12 THE TRYOUT DAY ARRIVES | 95 |
13 HOPES AND FEARS | 102 |
22 A DESPERATE CHASE | 171 |
23 MR DAMON AT BAY | 178 |
24 PUTTING THE ENEMY TO FLIGHT | 184 |
25 SPEED AND SUCCESS | 191 |
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