Chapter 7

Narrator: The next day, Harry and Sally woke up and got breakfast. They then headed out to the train station and waited for the train to come to take them to the Juniata Locomotive Works. There were many people on the platform looking to ride the train.

Harry: I wonder why there are so many people around?

Sally: This is the weekend. All of the people are off from work and are coming to see their friends from other cities and towns.

Harry: I see.

Narrator: As they waited, someone walked up to them.

Person: Where are you going to?

Harry: We are going to the Juniata locomotive works in Altoona to see about getting an engine there. We are looking to open up a railroad somewhere.

Person: Ah, that is very cool. I am going to Bethlehem to investigate a murder. There was an incident a few days ago where a worker at one of the steel mills killed a young 15 year old. They tried to apprehend him but he got away. I am a bounty hunter, you see.

Narrator: Harry then became nervous. He knew that he was the steel mill worker that they suspected of murdering Polly, who was safe at Sally's house.

Harry: I am so sorry to hear that.

Bounty Hunter: Yes I know. It is so tragic. Oh, there Is my train. I must be off.

Narrator: When the Bounty Hunter left on the train, Harry began to calm down. He then asked Sally how long it would take for their train to get them to Juniata.

Sally: It will take a few hours, but we will get there in good time.

Harry: I just hope that no one finds out that it was me who is the suspect in Polly's murder.

Narrator: Soon the train got there and they climbed aboard. Harry began to enjoy the ride, and he thought that the scenery was lovely. It was much nicer here than in Bethlehem. He soon fell asleep. As he slept, he began to dream. He dreamed of a purple and Gold Tank engine going down a beautiful set of railway tracks, and then he saw Polly in the cab of the locomotive. Suddenly, Harry was awoken from his sleep by Sally waking him up.

Sally: We are here.

Harry: OK.

Narrator: Harry and Sally got off of the train and caught a horse and Buggy to take them to the Juniata Locomotive Works. Soon they arrived and went inside the main office building of the works. Harry then spoke up to the receptionist.

Harry: Excuse me Mam, but I was wondering if I could order a locomotive from here?

Receptionist: Of course. We would love to build a locomotive for you. But you need to come up with the blueprints and design for us and we will build it for you.

Harry: OK.

Narrator: harry knew he had to build a blueprint for the locomotive that he wanted to have built. He decided that him and Sally should check into a Motel and come up with a design for their locomotive.

Harry: Sally, lets find a place for us to stay for tonight.

Sally: OK.

Narrator: So Harry and Sally went to the nearest motel, and checked in. They then went to their room and started thinking of their ideas for the locomotive.

Harry: I would like for the engine to be a small locomotive, like an 0-4-0.

Sally: Hey, do you know what would be a good color for the locomotive, the colors Purple and Gold. Because this is the Victorian Era, and the color Purple would look good for a Girl's engine, and Gold Trimming would look great on a Victorian Engine.

Harry: That sounds great! Say, I also think that we should make it to have big , square cylinders to make it like the breasts of a girl.

Sally: That would be very cool. I also think that we should make it a tank engine, because we won't be traveling far with this engine, and I want the engine to have a lot of its boiler exposed, because tank engines with their boilers covered by the water tank are just ugly.

Harry: I agree. But we had better get a design of engine made so that they can build it for us.

Narrator: So they got down on the ground, and began doing drawings for the locomotive. They were drawing different shapes and sizes of locomotives, and were trying to decide whether or not they should give the engine a lot of tractive power in case they wanted to pull anything with it.

Harry: I hope that this engine will behave well for us.

Sally: I hope so too.

Narrator: harry then looked at a picture of a steam locomotive that was built in Britain. It had a name: Captain Baxter. Harry thought it cool. Then he had an idea.

Harry: I want to make this engine look like captain Baxter!

Narrator: Harry knew he had found the perfect engine for Polly. He decided that the next day Him and Sally would go to the Juniata works to have the engine built. He went to bed that night knowing that he had a good chance at saving Polly. But what he did not know was that he was going to have much more than just a girl with a steam engine.

Note: The place where the Steelworks is now Bethlehem.