Cooney’s Cutting - an Australian Tale
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 08:11
Cooney’s Cutting by Paul Carroll, Summer 1960
He seemed uncomfortable as he stood in the cab gangway. Sometimes he absently watched my mate, Jack Regan, handling the controls of the locomotive. But mostly he stared thoughtfully at the edge of the permanent-way running swiftly beside our train; hoping, perhaps, that the rhythmic clicking of the rails or even the crispness of the engine exhaust beat would unravel some mystery for him...