Monkey and the Engineer

One day, the monkey that travels on locomotive 99 with the engineer takes the train for a spin, and drives it well, despite a near miss with an express train going the opposite direction, in a story adapted from the lyrics of a folk song.

Jesse Lone Cat Fuller was born in Georgia in 1896. From age 9, he worked countless jobs to support himself. Most often though, Jesse could be found either working on the railroad or playing his own music on street corners. Traveling the country by rail