2 chapters across the catalog
A list of high-paying blue-collar jobs highlights elevator repairers and locomotive engineers as lucrative career paths. An anecdote about the Melbourne to Perth train line illustrates the monotonous nature of the job, specifically the requirement to hit a "dead man's switch" every 20 seconds.
Union Pacific Steam Locomotive 844 Oakland Visit
The Union Pacific locomotive 844, a historic steam engine built in 1944, recently visited Oakland and Stockton. The massive 454-ton machine is noted for its 80-inch drive wheels and continuous service history. The segment transitions into a trivia discussion about the standard US railroad gauge of four feet, eight and a half inches, tracing its origins back to Roman chariot ruts.
