Set in West Virginia in the 1940’s, Jimmy Cannon is from a family that has been in the railroad business for generations.  Jimmy himself is looking forward to joining his father and older brothers one day, after he completes high school.  Each chapter is dated “All Hallows’ Eve” one year later, so we watch Jimmy in this coming-of-age story and the relationship he has with his father, but anyone with a fascination with railroads will enjoy this book.