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The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v11 #4, May 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, 192pp+, pulp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 577 · Hold-Ups That Missed Fire · Frank Marshall White · ar 586 · A Hero for Hazelle · Frank Condon · ss 592 · First Florida Conductor · Anon. · ms 593 · Told in the Smoker · Olin Crawford · cl 597 · How Haight Won His Medal · Anon. · ms 598 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 24.—The Brief Chronicles Touching on the Ups and Downs, the Ins and Outs, and the Rise and Fall of a Con Who Rejoiced in the Name of “Jackdaw” · J. E. Smith · ss 606 · Pennsy’s Steel Equipment · Anon. · ms 607 · Ford Quits “OS"ing · "AS” · vi 609 · A Deaf Telegrapher · Anon. · ms 610 · This Engine Runs Backward · Anon. · ms 612 · President of the Line [Part 1 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 618 · The Music of the Train · Eva Williams Best · pm 620 · Fort of the New York Central · Anon. · ms 621 · Tragic Train Orders · Arno Dosch · ar 630 · Hired by Van Horne · Anon. · ms 632 · The Tragedy of the Tower · James William Jackson · ss 637 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 644 · When “Weary Wanderlust” Writes · Anon. · ms 645 · Signals That Are Perfect · Peter Mulligan · ar 653 · A Heart of the North [Part 2 of 6] · George Van Schaick · sl 667 · O’Halloran of Section 9 · J. R. Stafford · ss 676 · True Story No. 44. A Ride on a Runaway · J. S. Coyle · ts; illustrated. 679 · The Operator’s Ten Commandments · Anon. · ms 680 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 31. The Railroad Machinist · Robert H. Rogers · ar 688 · Feeding the Lion by Wire · Anon. · ms 689 · When Trouble Gives the High-Sign · Richard Maxwell Winans · ar 698 · The Old Locomotive · J. E. Hare · pm 699 · Why Wister Was Shot · Katharine Eggleston · ss 704 · For the Mail-Clerk’s Safety · Anon. · ms 705 · Around the Order-Book · C. F. Carter · ar 709 · Dad Allen Lets ’Em Roll · E. E. Jennings · vi 710 · The Smallest Engine · Anon. · ms 711 · Without Lights [Part 3 of 6] · J. Aubrey Tyson · sl 721 · Old-Timer Tales No. 4. Surveying the Bad Lands · Bertram Adler · ar 725 · Bill Daidy’s Chapter · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · vi 728 · The Brevity of Railroad Orders · Anon. · ms 729 · Letters of an Old Railroad Man and His Son No. 6. Why the Knocker Always Loses · Herman Da Costa · ar 732 · He Got His Through Car · Anon. · ms 733 · On the Excitement Special · F. H. Richardson · ss 739 · A Newsy Who Knew His Business · Anon. · ms 740 · The Evolution of “Almost” No. 3. The Right to Sign Orders · Horace Herr · ar; illustrated. 745 · And Yet Our Railroads Grow · Anon. · ms 746 · Breaking the Combine [Part 3 of 3] · William S. Wright · sl 755 · Recent Railroad Patents · Forrest G. Smith · cl 758 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 759 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v12 #1, June 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 192pp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. 1. The Dramas of Dixie Land · Gilson Willets · ar 13 · Growth of Pension Schemes · Anon. · ms 14 · A Voice from the Office · J. Edward Hungerford · pm 15 · Valhalla in the Hills [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 25 · Heraldry of the Railroads · George Foxhall · ar 33 · A Long Shave · Anon. · ms 34 · On Marshall Pass · Cy Warman · pm 36 · A Heart of the North [Part 3 of 6] · George Van Schaick · sl 50 · “The Immortal J. N.” · Anon. · ms 51 · Transporting Mischief · Anon. · ms 52 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 25.—One Cannot Always Tell Just Who Constitutes His Public · J. E. Smith · ss 60 · Don’t Buy a Ticket on This Line · Anon. · ms 61 · A Hold-Up on Hog Mountain [Monk Hausen] · Augustus Wittfeld · ss 63 · Railway Clerk’s Organization · Anon. · ms 64 · Mallet and His Invention · Arno Dosch · ar 68 · Hats and Baggage-Cars · Anon. · ms 69 · Bucephalus, the Avenger · Edward C. Fellowes · ss 75 · Rights of a Shipper · Anon. · ms 75 · Power for the Great Northern · Anon. · ms 76 · The Founder of the C.P. · Arthur B. Reeve · ar 81 · Gone Mad with the Heat · Edgar Franklin · ss 84 · Moving-Platforms for New York · Anon. · ms 85 · With the Veterans of the Erie · Peter Mulligan · ar 96 · Modern Station Rules. “George Primrose” · Anon. · ms 97 · Bill Gets Double-Headed [Bill the Fireman] · F. H. Richardson · ss 99 · Firing a Work of Brain · E. A. Spears · ar 101 · President of the Line [Part 2 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 108 · Old-Timer Tales No. 5. The First Locomotive Race · C. F. Carter · ar 110 · Just Bent a Little · Anon. · ms 110 · Railroad School of Manners · Anon. · ms 111 · The Bricks That Went C. O. D. · Irwin Thomas · ss 118 · Simplify Railroad Language · Anon. · ms 119 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 125 · The “Orphan” of the “Katy” System · Anon. · ms 126 · Keeping the Car Records · F. W. Eder · ms 127 · The Card on the Beam · Nevil G. Henshaw · ss 135 · True Story No. 45. One Man’s Wreck Record · Sam Henry · ts 143 · Patents and Their Cost · Anon. · ms 144 · Letters of an Old Railroad Man and His Son. No. 7. · Herman Da Costa · ar 147 · Novel Scheme on the Erie · Anon. · ms 147 · Upsetting Old Baggage Theory · Anon. · ms 148 · Moving the “Movers” · J. L. James · ss 151 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 32. The Roundhouse Foreman · Robert H. Rogers · ar 159 · Steam-Electric Locomotives · Anon. · ms 160 · Why Hutton Hated Bats · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 168 · What’s in a Railroad? · Anon. · ms 169 · Lost and Stolen Cars · Pearson MacIntosh · ar 175 · Without Lights [Part 4 of 6] · J. Aubrey Tyson · sl 183 · Double-Track the Santa Fe · Anon. · ms 184 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 185 · The Sunny Side of the Track · [Various] · hu 187 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v12 #2, July 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 193-384pp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details taken from Table of Contents. 193 · Mascots of the Rail · Walter Gardner · ar 202 · Government Meals, 75 Cents · Anon. · ms 203 · Nailing Ninety-Four · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 211 · An Engineer Rhymester · Anon. · ms 212 · The New Home of the New York Central · Stephen Angus Cox · ar 217 · Risks Life to Save Child · Anon. · ms 218 · The Lure of the Rails · Leslie Curtis · pm 219 · The Man Who Wasn’t Game [Part 1 of 5] · William S. Wright · sl 226 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 26.—In Which Schwartz Tells of His Troubles While Purchasing Right-of-Way from Farmers · J. E. Smith · ss 234 · The Gold Coupler [Carlock Bjones] · Augustus Wittfeld · ss 236 · Tie Farms for the Pennsylvania · Anon. · ms 237 · Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. 2. More Dramas of Dixie Land · Gilson Willets · ar 248 · The Fastest Thing on Wheels · Anon. · ms 249 · Boglip’s Canine Party · C. W. Beels · ss 256 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 33. The Master Mechanic · Robert H. Rogers · ar 264 · Why the Chief Clerk Laughed · Anon. · ms 264 · Swift Business · Anon. · ms 265 · Walworth, the Snob · Robert T. Creel · ss 268 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 273 · Stealing an Armored Train · Frederick J. Liesmann · ss 280 · When Rules Were Scarce · E. A. Spears · ar 281 · The First Railroad Across South America · George W. Grant · ar 286 · Taking Orders from Death · Peter Mulligan · ar 292 · A School for Stokers · Anon. · ms 293 · President of the Line [Part 3 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 301 · James H. Lawrence, Oldest Railroad Wage-Earner · Nathan E. Burke · ar 305 · Taming Bad Bill Goode [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 312 · Bronze Instead of Brass · Anon. · ms 313 · The Science of Rate-Making · Thaddeus Stevens · ar 319 · Smoke’s Lost Independence · Horace H. Herr · ss 325 · Making Up Lost Time · John Walters · ar 329 · Train Despatching by Telephone · Anon. · ms 330 · Third Oldest Pennsy Employee Dead · Anon. · ms 331 · Without Lights [Part 5 of 6] · J. Aubrey Tyson · sl 341 · Railroads to Take Up Farming · Anon. · ms 342 · True Story No. 46. The Flight of the Coyote Special · C. E. Van Loan · ts 350 · A Tell-Tale That Is Popular · Anon. · ms 351 · Old-Timer Tales No. 6. The Evil Genius of the 888 · Arno Dosch · ar 354 · Grade Crossings Are Disappearing · Anon. · ms 355 · The Biograph Bandits · Henry H. Tinkham · ss 361 · Handling 1200 Trains a Day · T. S. Dayton · ar 364 · Pennsy Instruction Cars · Anon. · ms 365 · A Heart of the North [Part 4 of 6] · George Van Schaick · sl 376 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 377 · The Sunny Side of the Track · [Various] · hu 379 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v12 #3, August 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 385-576pp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details taken from Table of Contents. 385 · Railroad Men Who Are Members of Congress · Anon. · ms 397 · Running a Blazer on Hagan · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ss 403 · Bill Nye’s Railway Pass · Anon. · ms 405 · Locomotives While You Wait · Arno Dosch · ar 411 · The Man Who Wasn’t Game [Part 2 of 5] · William S. Wright · sl 418 · How the Railway Earnings of 1909 Were Distributed · Anon. · ms 419 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 423 · Sister [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 431 · The Greatest Battle-Ship in the World · Arthur B. Reeve · ar 435 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 27.—Schwartz Relates Further Troubles, Especially with a Female Poet and a Phonograph · J. E. Smith · ss 443 · Moving Autos by Rail · Anon. · ms 444 · Almost a Murderer · George H. Fellows · ss 449 · New Cleveland to Buffalo Record · Anon. · ms 450 · Told in the Roundhouse · Walter Gardner Seaver · cl 459 · A Steam-Electric Locomotive · Anon. · ms 460 · “Ah, Those Were the Days” · Anon. · ms 460 · Railroading Is Healthful · Anon. · ms 461 · President of the Line [Part 4 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 467 · On the Main Line · Anon. · ms 469 · Defending the Pass · Katharine Eggleston · ss 474 · Light Runs on the Reading · Dean Van Der Veer · ar 480 · Classification of Locomotives · Anon. · ms 480 · A Cab Window for Night Runs · Anon. · ms 481 · Making Railroad Travel Safer · A. H. Smith · ar 488 · Concrete Ties on the Santa Fe · Anon. · ms 489 · The Lure · Roland Ashford Phillips · ss 494 · Safe-Guarding Open Coal-Cars · Anon. · ms 495 · Told in the Smoker · Olin Crawford · cl 498 · He Took the Tickets · Anon. · ms 499 · The Combustible Limited [Loquacious Louie] · Augustus Wittfeld · ss 502 · A Heart of the North [Part 5 of 6] · George Van Schaick · sl 516 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 34. The Superintendent of Motive Power · Robert H. Rogers · ar 522 · A Plea for the Pilot · Anon. · ms 523 · Under the Engine · F. H. Richardson · ss 528 · The Gorge · Florence Johns · pm 529 · To Transit Improvements in the City of New York—$6,000,000,000 · E. L. Bacon · ar 533 · True Story No. 47. Saying “Good-By” on the 8 · John Walters · ts 537 · New Mallet 2-6-6-2 Type · Anon. · ms 538 · The Law and the Facts · J. R. Stafford · ss 545 · Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. 3. The “G. A. R.” South of the Potomac · Gilson Willets · ar 557 · Race to Come in Last · Anon. · ms 558 · The Railroad Eating-Shack · Bessie Bardsley · pm 559 · Without Lights [Part 6 of 6] · J. Aubrey Tyson · sl 570 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 571 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v12 #4, September 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 577-768pp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details taken from Table of Contents. 577 · Joys of the Railroad Joker · Richard Maxwell Winans · ar 586 · B. B., the Weather Wizard [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 593 · Tree Blocks Trains Two Days · Anon. · ms 594 · Beyond the Limit · Bessie Bardsley · pm 595 · Why the Steam Locomotive Will Stay · Robert H. Rogers · ar 601 · Storm-Guard for Engineers · Anon. · ms 602 · At a Rural Ticket-Window · George Augustus Fulton · ms 603 · On Short Time [Part 1 of 3] · Horace H. Herr · sl 612 · An Odd Locomotive · Anon. · ms 613 · Pioneers of the Canadian Pacific · John Walters · ar 621 · Preserving Railroad Ties · Anon. · ms 622 · The Goat Degree [Carlock Bjones] · Augustus Wittfeld · ss 625 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 28.—The Railroad Detective, as Represented by Pat Flynn · J. E. Smith · ss 634 · True Story No. 48. Nerve in the Tower · Peter Mulligan · ts 641 · The Engine’s Leap · Merritt Crawford · ss 647 · Told in the Roundhouse · Walter Gardner Seaver · cl 655 · Coffin Varnish · Cy Warman · ss 657 · The Man Who Wasn’t Game [Part 3 of 5] · William S. Wright · sl 664 · A Car with a Fireplace · Anon. · ms 664 · Moving a Village by Rail · Anon. · ms 665 · Pinkerton Days on the Lake Shore · John H. Paine · ar 672 · Railroad Fish Planting · Anon. · ms 673 · The Best-Tailored Individual on the Line · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · ar 677 · When the Boomer Beat It · W. H. Wilcox · ss 682 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 687 · Told in the Smoker · Olin Crawford · cl 691 · Disinfecting Passenger Cars · Anon. · ms 692 · Beyond the Drifts · J. R. Stafford · ss 697 · The Goats of the U.P. · Anon. · ms 698 · Old-Timer Tales No. 7. Small Beginnings of Big Railroads · Arno Dosch · ar 705 · President of the Line [Part 5 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 711 · An Engineer Centenarian · Anon. · ms 712 · A Corner in Coyotes · R. K. Culver · ss 716 · A Country with One Railroad · Anon. · ms 717 · The Riddle of the Gage · Charles Frederick Carter · ar 722 · Billy’s Unavoidable Delays · George Foxhall · ss 726 · Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. 4. Some Railroad Girls I’ve Met · Gilson Willets · ar 737 · International Railroad Board · Anon. · ms 738 · When O’Donnell Stood Pat · Marion Patten Lindsley · ss 745 · With the Boys of the Northwest · M. G. Roche · ar 749 · A Heart of the North [Part 6 of 6] · George Van Schaick · sl 757 · New Mallet Compound · Anon. · ms 757 · Torpedo Block System · Anon. · ms 758 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 759 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed

The Railroad Man’s Magazine [v13 #1, October 1910] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, 192pp+, pulp) (Full Text) (PDF) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 1 · Our Fourth Mile-Post · [The Editor] · ed 11 · The Day’s Run · Robert Fulkerson Hoffman · vi 14 · Water-Tank Wisdom · Anon. · ms 15 · Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 29.—Some Simple Narratives About Clay Calhoune Sokum, the Legal Luminary of Pippinville · J. E. Smith · ss 23 · Moments of Emergency · Arno Dosch · ar 29 · Giving Ramsey the Ha! Ha! · Frank Condon · ss 35 · The Steeled Conscience [Part 1 of 4] · George Allan England · sl 50 · The Fine Art of Running a Freight · Charles Frederick Carter · ar 55 · Simpson’s Scenic Enterprise · R. K. Culver · ss 60 · Boss of the Wrecking Crew · J. Edward Hungerford · pm 61 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 67 · Hero of the Hairbreadth [Honk and Horace] · Emmet F. Harte · ss 75 · Flashes from the Headlight · Anon. · cl 77 · On Short Time [Part 2 of 3] · Horace H. Herr · sl 89 · Help for Men Who Help Themselves No. 35. Passenger-Car Construction · John Walters · ar 95 · Anderson’s Four Kings · S. O. Conley · ss 101 · Told in the Roundhouse · Walter Gardner Seaver · cl 109 · Worries of a Sleeping-Car Con · Samuel P. Flint · ar 113 · Flagging the Donkey · C. W. Beels · vi 117 · The G.P.A. and His Job · Thaddeus S. Dayton · ar 125 · The Greatest Railroad Cut · Peter Mulligan · ar 130 · Getting the Super to St. Louis · F. H. Richardson · vi 134 · The Man Who Wasn’t Game [Part 4 of 5] · William S. Wright · sl 141 · True Story No. 49. The Finish at Fraser’s · Arthur A. Greene · ts; illustrated. 146 · Pat Murphy’s Explanation · Herman Da Costa · pm 147 · A Million Dollars · B. M. Adler · ss 155 · Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. 5. Romances of Crescent City Railroaders · Gilson Willets · ar 168 · 75 Miles in 28 Minutes · Merritt Crawford · ss 172 · The Roundhouse Foreman · George Foxhall · pm 175 · A Home for Aged and Disabled Railroad Men · Frank S. Howe · ar 178 · The Railroad Man’s Brain Teasers · Anon. · qz 179 · President of the Line [Part 6 of 6] · John Wellsley Sanders · sl 186 · The Old Freight-Car · J. E. Hare · pm 187 · On the Editorial Carpet · [The Editor] · ed