The Life and Times of a Railroad Engineer Book

From the back of the book: "I've got the best damn job in the world!" Bud Hoekstra was born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. As a child he fell in love with trains. As an adult he got to work with them. He worked in Chicago, Superior Wisconsin, and St. Paul Minnesota. Bud ultimately had 42 years of service working on the railroad. He is now retired and lives in northwestern Wisconsin with his wife.

ISBN 978-0-578-10329-7, 320-pages, Published in 2012, 2nd printing 2014.