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Railroad Man’s Magazine [v18 #2, July 1912] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 193-384pp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 193 · Men Who Smile at Danger · J. D. Nye · ar 200 · King of the Gleaming Rail · Charles Hanson Towne · pm 201 · Most Dangerous Railroad Line Is Owned by Uncle Sam · Walter L. Beasley · ar 207 · For a Thousand Sheep · Lydia M. Dunham O’Neil · ss 217 · How Chicago Handles 9,600 Cars of Live Stock a Week · Lloyd Kenyon Jones · ar 225 · First American Screw-Reverse in Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive · Anon. · ms 227 · Signal Tower Is Underground · John Walters · ar 233 · The Bill Cook · Frank M. O’Brien · ss 236 · Bucking a Grade on the Denver and Rio Grande · Anon. · ms 237 · Epoch-Making Engines · Anon. · ms 240 · Ties That Bind 5.— Brotherhood of Railway Clerks · Thaddeus S. Dayton · ar 246 · Railroaders Fooled Circus Sharps · Frank H. Brooks · ar 248 · Honk and Horace [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 257 · Why Rails Break · MacDuffie Martin · ar 264 · I. C. Boys on One of Their Pets · Anon. · ms 265 · Climbing the Steepest Grade · Anon. · ms 267 · Three-Cylinder Simple Locomotive · Anon. · ms 268 · The First Locomotive and Train of Passenger-Cars Ever Run in New York · Anon. · ms 269 · Bill Celebrates the Fourth [Bill the Fireman] · Frank H. Richardson · ss 275 · Bea Berkeley’s Butterfly [Part 2 of ?] · Holly Edwards · sl 287 · Philippine Line with War Record · S. Bedford · ar 289 · Steam Locomotive Without Fire · Anon. · ms 291 · Crazy Jim’s Ride · L. A. Walworth · ss 293 · Playing the Railroad Game · Charles Frederick Carter · ar 305 · The Carbon Copy [Part 4 of 4] · Horace H. Herr · sl 315 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 321 · Confessions of a Hobo · David Fredericks · cl 326 · Making a Single-Track Time-Table · Anon. · ms 327 · Pennsy’s Biggest Mallet · Anon. · ms 328 · Strike Is Flagged · Anon. · ms 332 · Making It Easy to Locate Leaks in Locomotive Boilers · Robert H. Rogers · ar 337 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 50. · J. E. Smith · ss 349 · Gaging the World by Wire · George Saint-Amour · ar 353 · Freak Wrecks · Peter Mulligan · ar 356 · The P. & E. Picnic · Orlando Moore · ss 365 · A California Fire Fighter · Anon. · ms 366 · In the Bobcat Range [Part 4 of 4] · W. Bert Foster · sl

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v18 #3, August 1912] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 385-576pp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 385 · The Railroad in Motion Pictures · Gilson Willets · ar 399 · Little Grains of Sand · Frank Condon · ss 404 · Ties That Bind 6.— Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen · Thaddeus S. Dayton · ar 410 · “Doubling” the “Rush of Blood” · Anon. · ms 411 · Cleaning Up Baughan’s Wreck · Horace H. Herr · ss 415 · Jay Gould’s Lost “Beanery” · Frank H. Brooks · ms 416 · The Railroad King’s Promise · Thomas R. Ybarra · pm 417 · Dessie’s Wedding-Dress · Helen K. Fogarty · ss 426 · Making Babbitt Metal · Anon. · ms 427 · President Willard to Be an Arbiter · Anon. · ms 428 · The Railroad Clerk · C. R. Basten · pm 429 · Great American Train Robberies (19.—The Sunset Express Hold-Up) · Carl Turner · ar 433 · Deaf and Dumb Brakeman · Charles S. Given · ms 434 · Bea Berkeley’s Butterfly [Part 3 of ?] · Holly Edwards · sl 444 · Flagging the Heart-Throbs · F. B. Lovett · ss 449 · Battling with Ice to Build a Railroad · J. D. Nye · ar 455 · The Romance of American Railroads [Part 1 of ?] · W. S. Wright · ar 466 · One Car of Flour · Donald Francis McGrew · ss 470 · Solves Problem of Coal Supply · Anon. · ms 471 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 46. The Railroad Company’s Storekeeper · Robert H. Rogers · ar 477 · Major Gilpin’s Dream · Charles O. Carr · ar 480 · Their Eyes Are on the Signals · Ed E. Sheasgreen · pm 481 · What the Railroads Earn and Spend · John C. Thompson · ar 491 · First “Key” and Phone · C. H. Claudy · ar 494 · New High-Power Electric Engine for German Railroads · Anon. · ms 494 · World’s Heaviest Swing Span · Anon. · ms 495 · This Car Had “Feet” and “Legs” · Anon. · ms 496 · Using Smoke to Save Cattle · Anon. · ms 497 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 51. · J. E. Smith · ss 509 · Ditching a Fuzzy · A. Herschin · ss 512 · The Old-Timer’s Last Trip · Paul B. Harman · pm 513 · Our Busy Switchmen · Charles Frederick Carter · ar 521 · Worm Eats Steel Rails · Anon. · ms 522 · To Pull Heavy Coal Trains · Anon. · ms 524 · Do You Know the Time? · Alfred Butler Montgomery · ms 525 · Rubber-Neck Train at Panama Canal · Anon. · ms 526 · In C. P. R. Cab for 40 Years · F. M. Barnes · ar 528 · Emmet F. Harte, Author of “Honk and Horace” · Anon. · ms [Emmet F. Harte] 529 · Honk and Horace [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 536 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 544 · Chamberlin, Successor to Hays · Anon. · ms 546 · New York’s “Stepless” Street-Car · Anon. · ms 547 · Too Big for Right-of-Way · Anon. · ms 548 · In an English Cab · Robert H. Rogers · ar 551 · Getting Ready for War in the Sky · John Walters · ar 561 · Told in the Smoker · Anon. · cl 564 · Two Battles · R. M. West · ss 570 · Tom Kelly’s Ambulance · Fred C. Cheron · ms 571 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v18 #4, September 1912] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 577-768pp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 577 · How the Railroads Create Business · John C. Thomson · ar 589 · Con’s Pedigreed Porker · Roy O’Toole · ss 594 · Tragic Moments at the Wire · Ripley Walls · ar 601 · One of the Six · A. Herschin · ss 606 · Engine Drove Rail Home · William B. Rainsford · ar 607 · Busy “Hello!” and “Good-by!” Business · Anon. · ms 609 · The Railroad Eye Test · Anon. · ms 612 · The Work of John Murray Forbes · Anon. · ms 613 · Famous Train Robbers I.— Bill Anderson · Edgar White · ar 617 · The Marine Railroads of the World · Charles O. Carr · ar 624 · Promoted to Engineer · Lydia M. Dunham O’Neil · pm 625 · Honk and Horace [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 638 · On a British Run · Cy Warman · ar 640 · Business Increased with Voltage · Anon. · ms 641 · His Ticket to Creel · Frank J. Houser · ss 648 · The King Snipe’s Consolation · Walton Burroughs · pm 649 · Janney, Inventor of the Coupler · Anon. · ms 650 · Why Slim Quit · James E. Wood · ss 652 · Cables and Travel Cranes Designed for Railroad Work · Anon. · ms 654 · Heart of the Sea’s Greatest Monster · Anon. · ms 655 · Telegraph Poles Destroyed by Birds · Anon. · ms 656 · Horace H. Herr, Who Has Turned His Railroad Knowledge Into Successful Fiction · Anon. · ms [Horace H. Herr] 657 · When Opportunity Ran Late · Horace H. Herr · ss 662 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 52. · J. E. Smith · ss 673 · Ties That Bind 7.— Railway Mail Service · Thaddeus S. Dayton · ar 684 · Has Drivers at Both Ends · Anon. · ms 685 · With Eyes Closed · Rex G. Post · ss 686 · Savages Beat Drums to Telegraph · Anon. · ms 687 · Our Own Tongue [Part 4 of ?] · Fred C. Files · ar 693 · Highball Jack and the Game · F. B. Lovett · ss 699 · 5,284 Trespassers Killed in a Year · Anon. · ms 700 · Guarding the West’s Costly Freight · F. J. Arkins · ar 704 · Melvin Vaniman’s Mistake · Anon. · ms 705 · The Red Spot Club · A. W. Munkittrick · ar 711 · Europe’s Best Car for Queen Mary · Montgomery Ames · ar 712 · Cantilever Bridge Built by Indians · Anon. · ms 713 · The Romance of American Railroads [Part 2 of ?] · W. S. Wright · ar 723 · Too Much Lawmaking · Anon. · ms 723 · Speeding up the Fast Freight · Anon. · ms 724 · Making Watches for Railroad Men · Chauncey Thomas · ar 731 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 737 · Oldest Railroad Man in Active Service · Anon. · ms 738 · How I Built an Engine · John Worcester Merrill · ar 741 · Boiler for Most Powerful Locomotive in the World · Anon. · ms 742 · Drivers Didn’t Run on Rails · Anon. · ms 744 · Setting a Stage for a Drama of the Rail · Gilson Willets · ar 752 · Model Home Built of Box Cars · Anon. · ms 753 · Bea Berkeley’s Butterfly [Part 4 of ?] · Holly Edwards · sl 763 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v19 #1, October 1912] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 188pp) (Full Text) (PDF) from archive.org. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Down the World’s Steepest Grade · Frederick A. Talbot · ar 8 · Old Cass Brown and the 283 Retire · Anon. · ms 9 · Why There’s an I.C.C. · John Walters · ar 16 · Slaughter of the Buffalo · Anon. · ms 17 · Drift, of the White Crow [Part 1 of 5] · Jared L. Fuller · sl 33 · How Cooney Made the Border · Edward T. Glynn · ss 39 · Queen Mary Rides on a Hand-Car · Anon. · ms 40 · Value of Fire-Box Volume · Anon. · ms 42 · Lumber Hog Just Skates Along · Anon. · ms 43 · How Time Is Made · C. H. Claudy · ar 50 · The Old Man of the Desert · Roy O’Toole · ss 54 · Long Journeys Made by Plovers · Anon. · ms 55 · The Tropic Boomer · N. J. Paterson · ar 60 · The Scot as a Railroader · Anon. · ms 61 · Who’s Afraid? · Orlando Moore · ss 66 · The Braky’s Song · Gordon Seagrove · pm 67 · The Scrap-Heap of Hope · Winthrop R. Elliott · ar 72 · Horse-Power and Electricity · Anon. · ms 73 · Thumb-Nail Sketches of Successful Railroad Men: John Graham Drew · Anon. · ar [John Graham Drew] 74 · Jim Riley’s Fantom Tank · H. B. Craig · ar 75 · The Ugly Circle · George Foxhall · ss 77 · San Diego’s Palm-Tree Special · Anon. · ms 78 · The Wizard of Wrecks · Richardson Davenport · ar 82 · Remarkable Records of Firemen · Anon. · ms 83 · Engines Were Saw-Mills · Anon. · ms 83 · Daring Death on the Great Lakes · Hugh C. Weir · ar 88 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 53.—Meeting All Manner of Miscellaneous and Unassorted Humanity Makes the Freight Clerk an Expert in Judging Bothersome Boobs · J. E. Smith · ss 97 · The Romance of American Railroads [Part 3 of ?] · W. S. Wright · ar 107 · Curious Railroad Inventions · Anon. · ms 109 · “Toy” Railroads That Make Money · Montgomery Ames · ar 110 · Oldest Living Hogger · H. M. Lome · ar 114 · Electricity for Freight Handling · Anon. · ms 115 · Honk and Horace [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 124 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 129 · Saving the Worker · J. D. Nye · ar 138 · Thirst Troubles of a Traveler · Anon. · ms 139 · Boat-Shaped Train Failed as Flier · Peter Clay · ar 140 · It Hadn’t Been Busted · “Third Trick” · ar 141 · When the Train Broke in Three · Charles S. Given · ar 142 · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · Anon. · ms [Robert Fulkerson Hoffman] 143 · The Big, Brown Buckle · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 147 · Bea Berkeley’s Butterfly [Part 5 of ?] · Holly Edwards · sl 158 · Operating Cost of Pennsy Electric Engines · Anon. · ms 159 · At the Ticket Window · Anon. · pm 160 · When Love Is Engineer · Lydia M. Dunham O’Neil · pm 161 · Guarding Uncle Sam’s Private Train · Franklin Fisher · ar 166 · Spirit of the Rail · F. B. Lovett · pm 167 · On a Testing Trip · “Puffing Billy” · ar 173 · Women Hunt on Right-of-Way · Anon. · ms 174 · Runs Backward to Go Forward · Anon. · ms 175 · Cumberland Valley’s First Engine · Anon. · ms 176 · Moving a Bridge on Car-Trucks · Anon. · ms 177 · Just One Life · George Van Schaick · ss 181 · Ties That Bind 8.— Order of Railroad Telegraphers · Thaddeus S. Dayton · ar 186 · Relics of James Watt Housed · Anon. · ms 186 · Origin of the Word “Engine” · Anon. · ms 187 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v19 #2, November 1912] (192pp) Fiction/stories only. Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from microfilm at New York Public Library. 203 · When the Wrecker Was Wrecked · C. H. Claudy · ss 230 · Frisco Slim Retires · A. Herschin · ss 235 · Forgot the Board (No. 65) · F. B. Lovett · ts 236 · In the Burning Mailcar (No. 66) · W. H. Wells · ts 243 · Two Ten-Dollar Bills [Part 1 of 3] · Dan Duane · sl 266 · Can You Beat It? · Percy Atkinson · ss 307 · Drift, of the White Crow [Part 2 of 5] · Jared L. Fuller · sl 332 · A Death but on the Desert · Jim Fellom · nv 366 · Slipane’s Man, Sparrow · Barry Lamont · ss

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v19 #3, December 1912] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 192pp, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. 393 · Cherub Blake’s Lone Deuce · Edward T. Glynn · ss 403 · The Man in the Shadow · Paul A. Johnston · ss 417 · The Little Tin Train · Orlando Moore · ss 436 · Two Ten-Dollar Bills [Part 2 of 3] · Dan Duane · sl 458 · In Love with Edna · Roy O’Toole · ss 493 · Drift, of the White Crow [Part 3 of 5] · Jared L. Fuller · sl 525 · A Patch of Blue · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 556 · The Train That Was Three Years Late · H. M. Watchet · ss 564 · Flagging Easy Money · H. A. Horris · ss

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v19 #4, January 1913] (192pp) Fiction/stories only. Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from microfilm at New York Public Library. 585 · The Night Before Christmas · Lillian Bennet-Thompson · ss 602 · Flagging Easy Money · H. A. Horris · ss 623 · “From Bill to Lizzy” [Bill the Fireman] · F. H. Richardson · ss 628 · Drift, of the White Crow [Part 4 of 5] · Jared L. Fuller · sl 651 · How Slavin Played His Ace · Will H. Greenfield · ss 673 · Mahalie’s Golden Calf · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 695 · Two Ten-Dollar Bills [Part 3 of 3] · Dan Duane · sl 726 · How Old Was Ann? · Bertram Adler · ss 740 · Over the Hump · A. Herschin · ss

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v20 #1, February 1913] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied from Table of Contents. 12 · The Kind of a Girl She Was · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss 26 · Flagging Easy Money · H. A. Horris · ss 50 · Ah! Angeline · Charles Albert Williams · pm 51 · The Strength of His Kind [Part 1 of 5] · George Gray · sl 101 · Taken from the Toils · Will H. Greenfield · ss 109 · Boarding the Operator · F. B. Lovett · ss 114 · As Far as the Rails Go [Part 1 of 3] · Bertram Adler · sl 124 · What Do You Know About That? · Percy Atkinson · ss 128 · The Widow · Lydia M. Dunham O’Neil · pm 147 · Drift, of the White Crow [Part 5 of 5] · Jared L. Fuller · sl

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v20 #2, March 1913] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied from Table of Contents. 200 · The Silent Jasper · A. Herschin · sl 252 · Just Crow’s Meat · George Van Schaick · ss 261 · Master of Section 11 · W. C. Deuel · ss 273 · The Strength of His Kind [Part 2 of 5] · George Gray · sl 300 · Flagging Easy Money · H. A. Horris · ss 335 · The Human Semaphore · H. M. Watchet · ss 343 · As Far as the Rails Go [Part 2 of 3] · Bertram Adler · sl 356 · The Eighty-Mile Stretch · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss 383 · Little Josie · Anon. · pm

Railroad Man’s Magazine [v20 #3, April 1913] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Only fiction and verse listed. Details taken from Table of Contents. 394 · A Trip on the 349 · Donald Francis McGrew · ss 407 · “O.K., MO.” · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss 424 · The Switch-Lamp · Walter Emory Crabbe · pm 429 · Haskill’s Pin-and-White Pup · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 436 · The Strength of His Kind [Part 3 of 5] · George Gray · sl 458 · The Woman of His Mercy · Jim Fellom · ss 468 · Back to the Railroad Again · Simon Tanhauser · pm 469 · The Danger Signal [Part 1 of 3] · James French Dorrance · sl 492 · Honk and Horace [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 499 · As Far as the Rails Go [Part 3 of 3] · Bertram Adler · sl 512 · The Flap-Jacks at Mojave · Leslie Curtis · pm 524 · The Craze for More · Gertrude Morrison · ss 530 · The Powers That Be · Tom Benson · ss