""Stories of the Railway: As the Sparks Fly Upward; How I Sent My Aunt to Baltimore; Run to Seed; Flandroe's Mogul"" is a collection of short stories written by George A. Hibbard and originally published in 1893. The stories all center around the theme of the railway and the people who work and travel on it. ""As the Sparks Fly Upward"" is a tale of a train engineer's bravery and quick thinking when a bridge collapses under his train. ""How I Sent...