written by Carl Sandburg. Here is the first part of the poem: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker,Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;

VOA: special.2010.01.10

He even spent some time traveling around America on freight trains.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

His newest record "Freight Train" is his eighteenth album.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

It was a freight and stagecoach company with a banking arm that made loans to miners, invested in property, and succeeded beyond Wells and Fargo's wildest dreams.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Here in America our passenger trains share tracks with slower freight trains."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Its freight room stayed open as the estate's post office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04