The Night Operator: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Night Operator, credited to Frank L. Packard, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Night Operator by Frank L. Packard. Read in English by Delmar H Dolbier. A collection of ten railroad short stories: "And so these are the stories of the Hill Division and of the men who wrought upon it; the stories of those days when it was young and in the making; the stories of the days when Carleton, 'Royal' Carleton, was superintendent, when gruff, big-hearted, big-paunched Tommy Regan was master mechanic, when the grizzled, gray-streaked Harvey was division engineer, and little Doctor McTurk was the Company surgeon, and Riley was the trainmaster, and Spence was the chief despatcher; the stories of men who have done brave duty and come to honor and glory and their reward—and the stories of some who have gone into Division for the last time on orders from the Great Trainmaster, and who will never railroad any more." (Frank L. Packard)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Night Operator
• Author credits: Frank L. Packard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 9:31:36

Catalogue topics

• railroad
• Canada
• mountains
• early 1900s

Track guide

1. 00 - Foreword — 4:06
2. 01 - The Night Operator Part1 — 32:38
3. 02 - The Night Operator Part 2 — 27:24
4. 03 - Owsley and the 1601 Part 1 — 27:31
5. 04 - Owsley and the 1601 Part 2 — 26:39
6. 05 - The Apotheosis of Sammy Durgan Part 1 — 43:55
7. 06 - The Apotheosis of Sammy Durgan Part 2 — 24:30
8. 07 - The Wrecking Boss Part 1 — 23:26
9. 08 - The Wrecking Boss Part 2 — 18:51
10. 09 - The Man Who Squealed Part 1 — 30:46
11. 10 - The Man Who Squealed Part 2 — 33:10
12. 11 - The Age Limit Part 1 — 34:09
13. 12 - The Age Limit Part 2 — 30:16
14. 13 - ''The Devil and All His Works'' Part 1 — 24:27
15. 14 - ''The Devil and All His Works'' Part 2 — 30:16
16. 15 - On the Night Wire Part 1 — 29:40
17. 16 - On the Night Wire Part 2 — 21:04
18. 17 - The Other Fellow's Job Part 1 — 28:31
19. 18 - The Other Fellow's Job Part 2 — 19:54
20. 19 - The Rat River Special Part 1 — 27:50
21. 20 - The Rat River Special Part 2 — 31:32

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