What the Manifest Did Not Record
The manifest of the Western Star was a thick book, bound in leather, with pages that had been turned so many times they were soft as cloth. It recorded everything that mattered to the railroad: the weight of each car, the fuel consumption at each grade, the scheduled arrival at each station, the cargo in each refrigerated compartment. It recorded the names of the crew — James McCarthy,...
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