Engineer John White on Dealing with Drunkards

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This file appears in: Pontchartrain Railroad

Along with carrying passengers for pleasure, the last coach was routinely filled up with drunkards. Engineer John White remembers the humorous manner by which these deviants were handled.

Source: Evelyn Reid Griffith, Dixie, The Times-Picayune States Roto Magazine; Date: 10-14-1956; Page: 132

This file appears in: Pontchartrain Railroad

By Graham Cooper
The Pontchartrain Railroad was one of the first lines completed in the United States. First opening in 1831, and remaining opened uninterrupted for over 100 years, it ran the five-mile length of…