The FictionMags Index

Contents Lists

Railroad Magazine [v26 #2, July 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: Wheeling the Fruit · W. C. Merritt · pi The “Forgotten Man” of the U.S.R.A. · Arthur H. Larabee · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi A City-Owned Steam Line · H. G. Monroe · ar Timing the Fast Ones · D. M. Steffee · cl Back Yard Railroad · Gerald M. Best · ar Suburban Trains of Yesterday · Arthur Curran · ar Fiction: 38-62 · Block Signals · E. S. Dellinger · nv 94-108 · Lassitude and Longitude [Eddie Sand] · Harry Bedwell · ss True Tales: Locomotive Parade · John S. Chester · ar Boxcar Art · Arthur W. Hecox · ar I Should Have “Doubled” Down Hill · Nelson J. Bostwick · ar A Conspiracy in a Worthy Cause · Samuel W. Beach · ar

Railroad Magazine [v26 #3, August 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: Rear Brakeman · Harry C. Temple · pi The Bowker’s of the Alaska Railroad · Gilbert H. Kneiss · ar Rail’s End · W. F. Knapke · ar My Narrow-Gage Album · Lewis R. Lathrop · cl The “Mules Relief” Engine · Linwood W. Moody · ar A Steel Gang in Tropical Jungles · G. Rodales · ar The Human Element · Peter Josserand · ar Fiction: 32 · The Long Road · Blanche Mosler · ss 82 · The Yardmaster’s Story · Harry Bedwell · nv Argosy Mar 18 1939, as “Yardmaster” True Tales of the Rails: Boomer Meets Girl · Clifford Funkhouser · ar Submerging “The Smoke” · C. R. Bliss · ar Stormy Boyer’s Cap · Tom Rooney · ar The Death Order · Ralph A. Snyder · ar

Railroad Magazine [v26 #4, September 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: Track · David Marshall · pi Timing the Fast Ones · E. L. Thompson · cl How to Tell Them · Fred Jukes · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi The Lehigh Valley’s First Streamliner · Freeman H. Hubbard · ar True Tales of the Rails: A Dubious Hero · Will Smith · ar The Callboy · Charles X. Williams · ar Daughters of the Road · Cliff Maxwell · ar Fiction: 30 · Hundred Percent Haley · Peter M. Adams · ss 82 · Tinhorn Brakeman · E. S. Dellinger · ss

Railroad Magazine [v26 #5, October 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. 52-66 · Official Appreciation [Eddie Sand] · Harry Bedwell · ss 94-105 · The Contract Brakeman [Boomer Jones] · James W. Earp · ss 108-117 · Railroad Women · Ed Samples · ss

Railroad Magazine [v26 #6, November 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: Mansions on Wheels · James W. Holden · pi Timing the Fast Ones · E. L. Thompson · cl He Built a Locomotives Working Model in Prison · Theodore Douglas · ar 30 Different Gages · Fred Jukes & Linwood Moody · ar What’s Wrong with This Picture? · Joseph Easley · pi My 14,000-Mile Railfan Trip · Robert Hanft · ar True Tales of the Rails: Do You Remember? · R. A. Gordon · ar Open Switches · James W. Fraser · ar The Duke · George R. Reiss · ar Fiction: 48-59 · Foamy Water · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 96-121 · The Major’s Watch · E. S. Dellinger · ss

Railroad Magazine [v27 #1, December 1939] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Illustrated Features: The Morning Mail · Harry C. Temple · pi 60 Years of Lima Locomotives · Earle Davis · ar My Narrow-Gage Album · Lewis R. Lathrop · cl Station Agent · Ralston Rundquist · pi Back in the Days · Harry C. Temple · cl A Ghost Railroad That Paid · Leon R. Franks · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi True Tales of the Rails: The Dynamiter · Ed L. Nowels · ar Bill Jeffers · “Bailing-Wire Moike” · ar Fiction: 66-72 · Road Hogs [Sol McCool] · Don Livingston · ss 75-92 · Tony’s Tin God · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 98-109 · They Called Him “Moonbeam” · Harry Bedwell · ss

Railroad Magazine [v27 #2, January 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Home for Christmas · Aurion M. Proctor · cv 6 · The Mile-a-Minuters · Donald M. Steffee · ar 37 · Hobo · Don Mead · ts 42 · The Missing Wheel · Forbes Snow · ts 46 · Boots and Saddles · Asa L. Corson · ts 50 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 58 · “Gone with the Wind” · Wilbur G. Kurtz · ar 60 · Subway · Frank J. Smalls · ar 62 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 73 · Railfan Activities · Anon. · cl 76 · The Ballast Scorcher · E. S. Dellinger · ss 99 · The Dollar Back · Harry W. Paine · ts 100 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 102 · Life Begins at Seventy · Dave Martin · ss 111 · Back in the Days: Special Shipment · Harry C. Temple · cl 112 · The Quebec Central Railway · Robert R. Brown · pi 117 · Railroad Rimes · [Various] · pm 118 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 128 · The “Fat Nancy” Disaster · Anon. · pi 130 · Street-Cars Drum Up Christmas Shopping · Anon. · ms 132 · Trains in Tableware · James W. Holden · ar 138 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v27 #3, February 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Orders to Run Extra · Harry C. Temple · cv 6 · The Story of Valve-Gear · David Marshall · ar 26 · Rotary Plow · L. C. Johnson · ar 33 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 34 · Anything’s Liable to Happen · Harry Bedwell · nv 40 · Locomotives of the Wabash Railways · Anon. · pi 60 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 62 · Rails I Have Known · Peter Josserand · ts 66 · Custodian of Clocks · James W. Holden · ts 75 · Railfan Activities · Anon. · cl 78 · Timing the Fast Ones: The Congressional · E. L. Thompson · cl 87 · Model Railroading · David Marshall · cl 96 · Railroad Blood · G. A. Lathrop · nv 122 · Dry Ice Used in Locomotive Assembly · Andrew Goobeck · ar By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v27 #4, March 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Oliver Whitwell Wilson) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Street-Car Cavalcade · James W. Holden · pi 32 · Student Fireman · E. S. Dellinger · nv 59 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 62 · Ten Days in a Snowshed · Fred S. Wightman · ts 67 · The Good Provider · “Haywire Mac” · ts 79 · A Staff-Operator’s Story · Arthur W. Hecox · ts 80 · First Run of the Champion · E. L. Thompson · ar 93 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 93 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 98 · Back in the Days: Brothercard Card · Harry C. Temple · cl 99 · Frisco Hotshot [Hobo] · Andrew A. Caffrey · ss 106 · A Drink for the Iron Horse · Oliver Whitwell Wilson · ar; illustrated by Oliver Whitwell Wilson 109 · Railfan Activities · Anon. · cl 111 · Wheels Within Wheels · Len Hall, Jr. · ar 113 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 124 · Locomotives of the California Western · Anon. · pi 134 · Off with the Old, On with the New! · E. F. Clark · pi 137 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v27 #5, April 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) Lingo of the Rails · Freeman H. Hubbard · ia Northern Pacific Conductor No. 1 · B. A. Thomas · ar Low Wheels in the Andes · Brian Fawcett · ar "Send a Wire to Portland" · Dick Shaw · ar Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi On the Rahway Valley · Richard D. Fullerton · ar 6 · Railroad Avenue · Ed Samples · ss 98 · Overtime (livestock train) · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss On in a Million · Walter Kohl · ar Trials of a Sub · William M. Stuart · ar

Railroad Magazine [v27 #6, May 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · The C&O · Aurion M. Proctor · cv 6 · My Narrow-Gage Album · Lewis R. Lathrop · cl 28 · Timing the Fast Ones: The Crusader · E. L. Thompson · cl 39 · Sandhouse Verse · [Various] · pm 40 · Code of the Boomer [Eddie Sand] · Harry Bedwell · nv 66 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 73 · Back in the Days: Spring Fever · Harry C. Temple · cl 74 · Seven-Eighths of a Mile · Douglas S. Dales · ar 77 · Railfan Activities · Anon. · cl 81 · Locomotives of the New York Central System [Part 1 of ?] · Anon. · pi 86 · Coal 59 Cents a Ton · Anon. · pi 89 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · pi 90 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 98 · Galveston Flood · A. R. Strong · ts 102 · Down the Branch · W. F. Knapke · ts 106 · Rock Island Rush · Pat Kennedy · ts 111 · Engine Dispatcher · William Colfer · ss 120 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 131 · On the High Iron · John F. Byers · ar 134 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v28 #1, June 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Robert Kent. fc. · An Idol of Youth · D. H. Hilliker · cv 6 · Hook and Eye Division · H. G. Monroe · ar 17 · Back in the Days: “I Got a Hot Pin” · Harry C. Temple · cl 18 · New Railroad Movies · Anon. · mr 19 · A Baldwin Boomer · Frederick Westing · ar 23 · Sandhouse Verse _23 · The Boomer Urge · Olin Lyman · pm _23 · First Run · Earle Franklin Baker · pm _23 · Fever of the Rail · Anon. · pm 24 · Operating a Mountain Division · W. L. Hack · ar 34 · The Student Brakeman · Harry Bedwell · nv 60 · Streamliners Repainted on the Run · Anon. · ms 61 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 68 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 77 · King Snipe · Ralston Rundquist · pi 82 · Railfan Excursions · Anon. · cl 86 · True Tales of the Rails: Actual Happenings Told by Eye Witnesses 86 · Election Night · Samuel W. Beach · ts 89 · A Lost Language · LeRoy Palmer · ts 93 · Rule G · “Haywire Mac” · ts 97 · News Butcher · D. W. Bennett · ts 99 · Once in a Lifetime · Victor H. White · ts 102 · 66 Miles of Subways for Japan · Anon. · ms 102 · How Alaska Solves the Truck Problem · Anon. · ms 103 · Signal Tower Girl · Dave Martin · ss 113 · Locomotives of the New York Central System (Part 2) · Anon. · pi 116 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 117 · Railway Medals · James W. Holden · pi 121 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 134 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v28 #2, July 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by W. C. Merritt) 6 · Railroading at the World’s Fair · Gilbert H. Kneiss · ar 18 · Railroading by the Book · Anon. · ms 19 · Danish Railways in Wartime · Valdemar Hansen · ar 23 · The Pumpkin Vine · Duncan L. Bryant · ar 30 · Railfan Excursions · Anon. · cl 34 · Tie Rafters [Jed Summers] · E. S. Dellinger · nv; illustrated by Joe Easley 61 · Sandhouse Verse 61 · The Hills of Arkansaw · R. M. Bonham · pm 61 · Boilermaker’s Music · William Anthony Gearon · pm 61 · A Tallowpot’s Lament · William H. Benoit · pm 62 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 64 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 73 · The Big Hill · Linwood W. Moody · ar 78 · Link and Pin · George M. Hill · pm 79 · “Just Tap ’Em” · Dick Shaw · ct 80 · Private Trolley · L. H. Houck · ar 84 · New York Central Locomotives (Part 3) · Anon. · ar 90 · True Tales of the Rails: Actual Happenings Told by Eye Witnesses 90 · 50 Years on the High Iron · A. L. Butcher · ar 97 · A Touch on Wheels · Dr. John Dearness · ar 99 · Old Head · S. W. Marvin · ar 101 · Ballad of the Hyde Street Grip · Gelett Burgess · pm Sunset: The Pacific Monthly 102 · Heavenly Express · Freeman H. Hubbard · ms 103 · The Last Call · Joseph Easley · ct 104 · Orders at Canyon · John Johns · ss 116 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 123 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 134 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v28 #3, August 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Robert Kent. fc. · Way-Station Nocturne · D. H. Hilliker · cv 6 · The Father of Electric Traction · James W. Holden · ar 25 · Sandhouse Verse · [Various] · pm 26 · Wood-Burners That Pay Dividends · H. G. Monroe · ar 38 · Super-Streamliner [Boomer Jones] · James W. Earp · ss 52 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 59 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 67 · Dutch Railways in Wartime · Valdemar Hansen · ar 74 · Railfan Excursions · Anon. · cl 79 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 80 · Salida Memories (D&RGW) · Pat Kennedy · ts 85 · Sleeping on the Job (W&LE) · B. L. Battles · ts 87 · I Brushed the Pearly Gates (Wabash) · Earl H. Foreman · ts 90 · Sandhouse Verse · [Various] · pm 91 · “I Never Was Very Sure of That Thing” · Dick Shaw · ct 92 · Division Mother · Gilbert A. Lathrop · nv 116 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 133 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl

Railroad Magazine [v28 #4, September 1940] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Aurion M. Proctor) 6 · Privately Owned Freight Cars · William T. Coniff · ar 33 · “It’s Your Move” · Dick Shaw · ct 34 · The Boomer Trail · [The Readers] · lc 36 · Railroad Songs and Poems 36 · The Irish Mail · James A. Morris · pm 36 · Big Rock Candy Mountain · “Haywire Mac” · pm 36 · The Red and the Green · Anon. · pm 37 · Big Rock Candy Mountain · Joe Easley · ct 38 · The Desert Division · Charles X. Williams · ss 50 · Night Run · Douglas Ward · pm Railroad Stories May 1932 51 · Model Railroading · Anon. · cl 59 · By the Light of the Lantern · Anon. · qa 67 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · pi 68 · Locomotives of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast · Anon. · ar 70 · Simple Repairs for Locomotive Breakdowns · Paul C. Reppard, Sr. · ar 73 · True Tales of the Rails: Actual Happenings Told by Eye Witnesses 73 · A Hoghead “Over There” · Peter F. Barrett · ar 83 · Callboy · W. F. Knapke · ar 88 · Back in Circulation [Eddie Sand] · Harry Bedwell · ss 110 · Back in the Days · Harry C. Temple · cl 111 · Railfan Excursions · Anon. · cl 117 · On the Spot · [The Readers] · lc 126 · The Railcamera Hobby · W. R. Osborne · ar 138 · Railroad Camera Club · Anon. · cl