...far the more general. The Poem by Bret Harte on this event is reproduced below : Hue gttfiitues What was it the engines said, Pilots touching head to head....florid Western speech, Said the engine from the West, "1 am from Sierra's crest, And if Altitudes' a test, Why I reckon its confessed, That I've done my...

...event is reproduced below : tftjc Engines Said. What was it the engines said, Pilots touching bead to head. Facing on the single track, Half a world...Unreported and unread. With a prefatory screech, In a fits,id Western speech. Said the engine from the West, "I am from Sierra's crest, And if Altitudes'...

...Pacific Railways at Promontory, Utah. That event was celebrated in a poem by Bret Harte beginning: What was it the engines said, Pilots touching head to head;...on the single track Half a world behind each back. And what was this great work whose completion marked the meeting of the iron girdle across a continent,...

...spring that obtains but one month in the year. tfce (Engines (OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.) WHAT was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, — head...from the WEST : " I am from Sierra's crest ; And, if altitude's a test, Why, I reckon, it's confessed That I've done my level best." Said the Engine from...

...Harte was inspired to write the celebrated poem of 'What the Engines Said.' The first verse is: "What was it the engines said, Pilots touching, head to...This is what the engines said, Unreported and unread. "Not forgetting my old commander, General WT Sherman, who had been such an aid in protecting us in...

...completion. Bret Harte, poet of the occasion, asked the question that all were framing: — " What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, head to...on the single track, Half a world behind each back ? " But he was able to answer only a part of it. His western engine retorted to the eastern : — "...

...completion. Bret Harte, poet of the occasion, asked the question that all were framing: — " What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, head to head Facing on the single traek, Half a world behind each back?" But he was able to answer only a part of it. His western engine...

...courtesies. Francis Bret Harte glorified the event in the following verses : WHAT THE ENGINES SATO What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, — head...from the WEST : "I am from Sierra's crest; And if altitude's a test, Why, I reckon, it's confessed That I've done my level best." Said the Engine from...

...courtesies. Francis Bret Harte glorified the event in the following verses : WHAT THE ENGINES SAID What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, — head...Facing on the single track, Half a world behind each backT This is what the Engines said, Unreported and unread. With a prefatory screech, • In a florid...

...that obtains but one mouth in the yp"~ WHAT THE ENGINES SAID (OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILKOAD) WHAT was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, — head...florid Western speech, Said the Engine from the WEST : e< I am from Sierra's crest ; And if altitude 'sa test, Why, I reckon, it's confessed That I've done...