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Railroad Stories [v21 #1, December 1936] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. 28 · Ninety Days to Sober Up · Edmund E. Pugsley · ss 39 · A Debt of Honor · Don Livingston · ss 60 · Missing Mules · James W. Earp · ss 86 · Death Traps [“Kiamichi Bill” Burns] · E. S. Dellinger · ss

Railroad Stories [v21 #2, January 1937] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 15¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Robert Kent. fc. · “Two of a Kind” · Emmett Watson · cv ILLUSTRATED FEATURES 31 · Horse Cars of Fifty Years Ago · Clif Belcher · pi 46 · The Last of the Narrow-Gages · Earle Davis · pi 77 · Someone Has Waked Up · Robert S. Henry · pi 82 · Locomotives of the Illinois Central Railroad · [Various] · pi 113 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 120 · Some of the Motive Power in War-Torn Spain · [Various] · pi 122 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Rebel) · [Various] · pi 135 · How to Build an 0-4-0 Switcher · A. D. Slater · pi FICTION 4 · Snow on the Iron · Ed Samples · nv 72 · Mr. Potts Gets His Train · Tom McClary · ss 91 · On the Night Wire · Harry Bedwell · ss 107 · The Super’s Error · Ralph A. Snyder · ss TRUE TALES 32 · The Great Hinckley Fire · James Root · ts 38 · A Dozen Christmas Thrills · A Dozen Authors · ts POPULAR DEPARTMENTS 84 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 105 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 114 · The Sunny Side of the Track · [Various] · hu 116 · International Engine Picture Club · [Various] · cl 125 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 140 · Model Engineers and Clubs · Anon. · cl

Railroad Stories [v21 #3, February 1937] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 15¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Robert Kent. 4 · Blacklisted · Ed Samples · nv 34 · Jim Hill’s Great Adventure · H. R. Edwards · pi 54 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Hiawatha) · [Various] · pi 58 · A City-Owned Steam Road · Mike Duncan · pi 62 · Sauce for the Goose · Clifford Sweet · ss 72 · Some of the Motive Power Used in Japan · [Various] · pi 74 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 81 · Agent for a Day · Ralph A. Snyder · ss 88 · Locomotives of the Denver & Rio Grande Western · Anon. · pi 92 · International Engine Picture Club · [Various] · cl 97 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 98 · The Sunset Special · Dave Martin · ss 104 · Railroad Fiction Books · Frank Donovan, Jr. · br 108 · Train-Wrecking as an Outdoor Sport · Chas. F. Carter · pi 113 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 116 · Who’s Who in the Crew: C.A. Roach · Stookie Allen · ia [C. A. Roach] 117 · A Rush Coal Delivery · “Silent Slim” · ts 120 · A Comedy of Errors · “Turkey” Moore · ts 126 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 141 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl

Railroad Stories [v21 #4, March 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik & Robert Kent. fc. · “A Pot of Tallow for the Iron Horse” · Emmett Watson · cv Illustrated Features 4 · The Second Hundred Years · Robert S. Henry · ar 10 · Uncle Sam’s Island Railway · Lieut. Frank W. Ebey · ar 21 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Burlington Zephyrs) · [Various] · pi 28 · The Twelve-Wheeler · Arthur Curran · ar 31 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 51 · Stacks · Fred Jukes · ar 66 · The Old West River Line · Ed Dunleavy · ar 72 · Locomotives of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha · [Various] · pi 120 · Some of the Motive Power Used in Argentina · [Various] · pi 122 · The Wreck That Made Railroading Safe · Fred Hathaway · ar Fiction 14 · Bigger and Better Efficiency · Earle Davis · ss 32 · Live Deadheads · James W. Earp · ss 86 · The Sign on the Reefer · E. S. Dellinger · nv True Tales 75 · Roundhouse Foreman · Fred A. Curtin & H. G. Monroe · ar 82 · A Railroad Girl in Mexico · Dolores B. Jeffords · ar Popular Departments 48 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 58 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 70 · The Sunny Side of the Track · [Various] · hu 115 · International Engine Picture Club · [Various] · cl 127 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 138 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl

Railroad Stories [v21 #5, April 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 128pp, pulp) 4 · The Man Who Modernized Railway Travel · H. R. Edwards · pi 24 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Mercury) · [Various] · pi 28 · The Stampede Switchback · Mike Duncan · ar 31 · Another Brown · John A. Thompson · ss 39 · Seniority · Clifford Sweet · ss 46 · The Sunny Side of the Track · [Various] · hu 48 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 56 · Rails Across Panama · Frederick M. Westcott · ar 65 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 68 · From Siam to Singapore · Patrick Lane · ar 70 · Locomotives of Virginian Ry. · Anon. · cl 73 · International Engine Picture Club · [Various] · cl 77 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 78 · Gods of Iron · E. S. Dellinger · ss 108 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Earley · pi 109 · A Turtle Delayed the “Century” · William Marden · ts 110 · Married by Telegraph · Lee Charles Gillen · ts 112 · When I Was a Boomer Op. · Harry Bedwell · ts 115 · The St. Charles River Wreck · J. C. Ball · ts 117 · Recollections of Jesse James · “Highball John” Burns · ts 118 · The “Pan-American” on the Air · [Various] · pi 120 · Modern Motive Power, Germany · Anon. · cl 122 · Riding on a Card · Ralph A. Snyder · ss 127 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 138 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl

Railroad Stories [v21 #6, May 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. 18 · Pensioned · E. S. Dellinger · ss 66 · The Genius · Drawbar Dave · ss 74 · Hoggers Are Stubborn · Charles Layng · ss 96 · Watermelon Time · Don Livingston · ss 107 · Count Your Chickens · Clifford L. Sweet · ss

Railroad Stories [v22 #1, June 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. Illustrated Feature: When Boilers Blow Up · Stephen T. Weller · pi Peru’s Railway Stamps · Winthrop S. Boggs · ar George Gould’s Transcontinental Dream · H. R. Edwards · ar American Military Railroads · Lieut. Frank W. Ebey · ar Tinplaters and Such · C. F. Carter · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi Fiction: 16 · Hogger’s Boy · Ed Samples · ss 64 · Over the Sawlog · Clifford Sweet · ss 98 · Green Timber · G. A. Lathrop · ss 122 · Ready in Five Minutes · R. A. Snyder · ss True Tales: Boomer’s Luck · ’Silent Slim’ Roach · ar Hog Heads Extraordinary · “Turkey” Moore · ar My Parlor-Car Home · Rev. Calvin J. Graves · ar

Railroad Stories [v22 #2, July 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. Illustrated Feature: On a Banana Line · Frederick M. Westcott · pi Big Little Railroads · Charles F. Carter · ar Seventy Today · J. E. Grinstead · ar A Hundred Years of Russian Railways · Winthrop S. Boggs · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi Railroad Rimes · Frank Donovan, Jr. · pm The Only · Sergt. Herbert E. Smith · ar Fiction: 4 · Linked and Pinned · The Engine Picture Kid · ss 44 · The General Manager Comes to Baxter · Dave Martin · ss 78 · Handicaps · E. S. Dellinger · ss 117 · Ham and Eggs · J. C. Ball · ss True Tales: My Free Ride, Chicago to Denver · Bert Clark · ar Ambulance Train · Dr. Ludwig Niciphor · ar

Railroad Stories [v22 #3, August 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Title becomes Railroad Magazine with next issue. Details supplied by Al Tonik. Illustrated Feature: Interurbans · James W. Holden · pi Seventy Years of New Zealand Railways · Winthrop S. Boggs · ar An Old-Timer Goes Hollywood · G. M. Best · ar The Mikado Type · Arthur Curran · ar The Bedford, a Beautiful Old-Timer · Capt. Frederic Shaw · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi Mexico’s Vanished Train · Douglas Grahame · ar Model Railroading · David Marshall · cl Fiction: 16 · Anything Can Happen · Don Livingston · ss 64 · Railroad Trainman · E. S. Dellinger · ss 118 · Why the Limited Was Late · Dave Martin · ss True Tales: Strange Cargo · “Turkey” Moore · ar They Called Me Ham · R. A. Snyder · ar Modesty to the Winds · J. W. Kalfus · ar

Railroad Magazine title changed from Railroad Stories.

Railroad Magazine [v22 #4, September 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: The Night Freight · Emmett Watson · pi Railroads in the Movies · Philip Bailey & A. B. Laing · ar Early Days in Washington Territory · Charles F. Carter · ar Railroad Phonograph Records · Frank Donovan, Jr. · ar Some Unusual Railroad Depots · D. H. Hilliker · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 100 Years of Austrian Railways · W. S. Boggs · ar An 1852 Railway Guide · Fred Stauffer · ar Fiction: 23 · The Grapefruit Special · Don Livingston · ss 38 · Chee-Ains · Ed Samples · ss 66 · Tonnage Hound · James W. Earp · ss 102 · Overtime · Clifford Sweet · ss 120 · Once a Boomer · John A. Thompson · ss True Tales: Phantom Switching · A. L. Chapman · ar Narrow-Gage Memories · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ar Hunting Greener Pastures · Jack Short · ar

Railroad Magazine [v22 #5, October 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: The Man at the Switch · Emmett Watson · pi Signals · David Marshall · ar John Cummins and the 858 · Ed Mayers · ar Heart Balm for Passengers · James W. Holden · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi Fiction: 39 · Night Foreman · Earle Davis · ss 58 · Boss of the Extra Gang · Clifford Sweet · ss 84 · Railway Conductor · E. S. Dellinger · ss True Tales: A Fight I’ll Never Forget · John A. Abston · ar The Old Dispatcher’s Story · Pierre La Cour · ar What Was It? · Fred Spriegel · ar

Railroad Magazine [v22 #6, November 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Emmett Watson) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: 4 · How I Ran My Own Trains in Mexico · Howard T. Oliver · ar 18 · On the Night Freight · W. F. Knapke · ar 35 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Green Diamond) · Anon. · ar 40 · Railroaders in Bronze · Charles F. Carter · ar 58 · The Mountain Type · Arthur Curran · ar 73 · Engines with Single Drivers · John W. Merrill · ar 75 · October Fan Trips · Anon. · ms 77 · Locomotives of the Canadian National System (Part III) · Anon. · ar 108 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 126 · In the British Empire · D. H. Hilliker · ar Fiction: 24 · Fired Again · Charles Layng · ss 64 · The Broken Drawbar [Boomer Jones] · James W. Earp · ss 80 · Student Brakeman · Ed Samples · nv True Tales: 116 · The Boomer of Yesterday · C. Funkhouser · ar 121 · Speed Without Safety · William Marden · ar 124 · The Flying Hand-Car · Charles Doughten · ar

Railroad Magazine [v23 #1, December 1937] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: A Leader of Lost Causes · H. R. Edwards · pi Oldest Railways Is Sold for Scrap · Donald W. Kern · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi A Thousand Miles by Trolley · Frank Donovan, Jr. · ar Fiction: 28 · A Man of Imagination · Clifford Sweet · ss 33 · The Hotbox Expert · James W. Earp · ss 80 · A Dog’s Life · E. S. Dellinger · ss True Tales: Grudges Against the Railroad · Watson B. Berry · ar The Crossing Gate Fight · ’Silent Slim’ Roach · ar Miniature True Tales · Raymond Beers & F. G. Kimball · ar

Railroad Magazine [v23 #2, January 1938] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. The War Against Snow · David Marchall · ar Built but Never Operated · Jack C. Statzell · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi The Famous Old 232 · H. G. Monroe · ar Dispatcher Claims World’s Record · H. A. Bolinger · ar Fiction: 18 · Bindle’s Palace · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 76 · Forgotten Favors · Ed Samples · ss 103 · Faster Freight · John A. Thompson · ss True Tales: Hog in a Mudhole · E. S. Dellinger · ar An Engineer’s Biggest Thrill · ’Turkey’ Moore · ar How “Slippery Bill” Got His Name · H. E. Webster · ar "Ghosts" on the Rail · E. A. Wamsley · ar

Railroad Magazine [v23 #3, February 1938] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Otto Kuhler) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Subways and Els of the World · James W. Holden · ar 26 · The E-N Collects from Uncle Sam · Gilbert H. Kneiss · ar 36 · How Slippery Buck Fed the Multitude [Boomer Jones] · James W. Earp · ss 48 · Trains That Are Making Good: The Empire State Express · Anon. · ar 53 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 54 · Rise and Decline of a Small Railroad · Archie J. Miller · ar 64 · The First Refrigerator Car · Watson B. Berry · ar 80 · The Human Element · Ed Samples · nv 109 · Out of Control · S. G. Evans · ar 113 · Train Detainers · R. R. Redding · ar 115 · Filling a Boiler with Buckets · C. T. Stockwell · ar 120 · The Real Toonerville Trolley · Frank Donovan, Jr. · ar 124 · Railroad Depots · D. H. Hilliker · ar

Railroad Magazine [v23 #4, March 1938] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by A. Sheldon Pennoyer) Details supplied by Robert Kent. 6 · The Excursion Industry · James W. Holden · pi 13 · A 5000-Mile Fan Trip · Anon. · cl 25 · Trains That Are Making Good (The Union Pacific Streamliners) · [Various] · pi 35 · The Tree That Changed a Railroad Route · [Various] · pi 36 · Stony Island Service · “Waybill” Everett · ss 47 · New Railroad Books · [Various] · br 48 · A New 100-Mile Branch Line · [Various] · pi 50 · The Old Depot · C. D. Poage · pi 52 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 59 · The Holman Absurdity · Frederick M. Westcott · pi 60 · Locomotives of the Mo. P. Lines · Anon. · cl 64 · On Old Alpine Pass · P. B. Patterson · pi 68 · Fake Train-Picture Stamps · Winthrop S. Boggs · pi 70 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 78 · Steel Trails in Porto Rico · Anon. · cl 80 · The Chance-Takers · E. S. Dellinger · nv 109 · Along the Iron Pike · [Various] · pi 110 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 112 · On the Carpet · E. A. Wamsley · ts 114 · My 1050-Mile Free Ride · Cliff Gillam · ts 116 · Ten Miles in Two Days · “Silent Slim” Roach · ts 120 · Civil War Memories · Lieutenant Fred Staron · ts 123 · Train Dispatcher · Peter Josserand · ts 126 · The Cathedral Car of North Dakota · John Mickelsen · pi 127 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 137 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl