Fictional Stories of the Railroad
Books ordered by Author, Date, and Title
| Author
|
Date
|
Title
|
Type
|
| Adair, Ward W
|
1912
|
Lure of the Iron Trail, The
|
fict
|
| Adsit
|
|
Mystery of the Fast Mail, A
|
fict
|
| Alexander, Ruth
|
1928
|
Wrecker, The
|
fict
|
| Alger, Horatio, Jr.
|
|
Telegraph Boy, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1883
|
Train Boy, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1891
|
Erie Train Boy, The
|
fict
|
| Anonymous
|
|
Down and Back
|
fict
|
| Appleton, Victor
|
1922
|
Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive
|
fict
|
| Aye, John
|
1931
|
Humour on the Rail
|
fict
|
| Bain, William E
|
1961
|
Frisco Folks
|
fict
|
| Banks, Richard
|
1987
|
Colorado Midland Boomer
|
fict
|
| Barnard, C
|
1881
|
Knights of Today
|
fict
|
| Barr, Robert
|
1905
|
Speculations of John Steele, The
|
fict
|
| Beach, Rex
|
1913
|
Iron Trail, The
|
fict
|
| Bedwell, Harry C
|
1942
|
Boomer, The
|
fict
|
| Beers, Frank
|
1904
|
Green Signal of Caution, The
|
fict
|
| Bennett, Arnold
|
1928
|
Accident
|
fict
|
| Benson, Ramsey
|
1928
|
Hill Country
|
fict
|
| Bess, Clayton
|
1986
|
Tracks
|
fict
|
| Bishop, A
|
1921
|
Tom of the Raiders
|
fict
|
| Blochman, Lawrence G
|
1934
|
Bombay Mail
|
fict
|
| Bonner, Mary Graham
|
1949
|
Mysterious Caboose, The
|
fict
|
| Botkin, Benjamin A
|
1953
|
Treasury of Railroad Folklore, A
|
fict
|
| Brady, Jasper Ewing
|
1898
|
Tales of the Telegraph
|
fict
|
|
|
1902
|
Danger Signals (Stories of the Railroad & Tales of the Telegraph)
|
fict
|
| Brand, Max
|
1913
|
Iron Trail, The
|
fict
|
| Brown, IM
|
1930
|
Boomer Bill - His Book
|
fict
|
| Burns, WC
|
1920
|
Pleading for Justice
|
fict
|
| Canfield, William W
|
1909
|
Along the Way
|
fict
|
| Carr, Sarah Pratt
|
1907
|
Iron Way, The
|
fict
|
| Chapman, Allen
|
1906
|
Young Express Agent, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1906
|
Ralph of the Roundhouse
|
fict
|
|
|
1907
|
Ralph in the Switch Tower
|
fict
|
|
|
1909
|
Ralph on the Engine
|
fict
|
|
|
1910
|
Ralph on the Overland Express
|
fict
|
|
|
1911
|
Ralph the Train Dispatcher
|
fict
|
|
|
1918
|
Ralph on the Army Train
|
fict
|
|
|
1923
|
Ralph on the Midnight Flyer
|
fict
|
|
|
1924
|
Ralph and the Missing Mail Pouch
|
fict
|
|
|
1927
|
Ralph on the Mountain Division
|
fict
|
|
|
1928
|
Ralph and the Train Wreckers
|
fict
|
| Christie, Agatha
|
1928
|
Mystery of the Blue Train, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Murder in the Calais Coach
|
fict
|
| Churchill, Winston
|
1906
|
Coniston
|
fict
|
|
|
1908
|
Mr. Crew's Career
|
fict
|
| Cohen, Octavus Roy
|
1930
|
Epic Peters, Pullman Porter
|
fict
|
| Coles, Manning
|
1952
|
Night Train to Paris
|
fict
|
|
|
1956
|
Basle Express, The
|
fict
|
| Coombs, Charles
|
1953
|
Young Readers - Railroad Stories
|
fict
|
| Coombs, F E Lovell
|
1910
|
Young Railroaders, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Haunted Station, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Lost Train, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Radio Ghost Finder, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Runaway Train, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Race for Yellow Creek, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1933
|
Through the Forest Fire
|
fict
|
| Cooper, Courtney Ryley
|
1922
|
White Desert, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1923
|
Last Frontier, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1931
|
End of Steel
|
fict
|
| Crump, Irving
|
1921
|
Boy's Book of Railroads, The
|
fict
|
| De Courcy, MB
|
1905
|
Sons of the Red Rose
|
fict
|
| Dean, Graham M
|
1930
|
Gleaming Rails
|
fict
|
| Denbie, Roger
|
1933
|
Death on the Limited
|
fict
|
|
|
1934
|
Time-table Murder, The
|
fict
|
| Dixon, Franklin W
|
1941
|
Mystery of the Flying Express, The
|
fict
|
| Donovan, Frank P
|
1968
|
Headlights and Markers
|
fict
|
| Downey, Fairfax
|
1951
|
Trail of the Iron Horse
|
fict
|
| Dreiser, Theodore
|
1914
|
Titan, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1927
|
Financier, The
|
fict
|
| Drysdale, William
|
1896
|
Fast Mail, The
|
fict
|
| Earp, JW
|
1921
|
Boomer Jones
|
fict
|
| Ellis, Edward S
|
1895
|
Young Conductor, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1898
|
From the Throttle to the President's Chair
|
fict
|
|
|
1908
|
P. Q. & G., The
|
fict
|
| Epstein, Samuel & Beryl
|
1956
|
Andrews Raid, The
|
fict
|
| Ermin, W
|
1937
|
Barbed-Wire Empire
|
fict
|
| Fenner, Phyllis R
|
1966
|
Open Throttle
|
fict
|
| Ferguson, J
|
1924
|
Stories of the Rail
|
fict
|
| Ford, Paul Leichester
|
1901
|
Great K & A Train Robbery, The
|
fict
|
| Frith, Henry
|
1891
|
Biography of a Locomotive Engine, The
|
fict
|
| Garrett, Garet
|
1922
|
Driver, The
|
fict
|
| Grant, Douglas
|
1919
|
Single Track, The
|
fict
|
| Greene, Graham
|
1933
|
Orient Express
|
fict
|
| Greene, Homer
|
1902
|
Pickett's Gap
|
fict
|
| Grey, Zane
|
1918
|
U.P. Trail, The
|
fict
|
| Haines, William Wister
|
1934
|
Slim
|
fict
|
|
|
1938
|
High Tension
|
fict
|
| Hale, Garth
|
1947
|
This Pounding Wheel
|
fict
|
|
|
1952
|
Legacy for Our Sons
|
fict
|
| Hamblen, Herbert E
|
1898
|
General Manager's Story, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1899
|
We Win
|
fict
|
| Harlow, Alvin F
|
1953
|
Treasury of Railroad Folklore, A
|
fict
|
| Harper, Lyle
|
1932
|
Ghost Train
|
fict
|
| Haycox, E
|
1936
|
Trouble Shooter
|
fict
|
| Henry, Robert Selph
|
1968
|
Headlights and Markers
|
fict
|
| Hill, Edwin C
|
1923
|
Iron Horse, The
|
fict
|
| Hill, Grace Livingston
|
1919
|
Red Signal, The
|
fict
|
| Hill, John A
|
1899
|
Stories of the Railroad
|
fict
|
|
|
1899
|
Jim Skeever's Object Lessons
|
fict
|
|
|
1902
|
Danger Signals (Stories of the Railroad & Tales of the Telegraph)
|
fict
|
| Hine, Charles DeLano
|
1904
|
Letters from an old Railway Official
|
fict
|
|
|
1904
|
Letters from an old Railway Official, 1st Series
|
fict
|
|
|
1912
|
Letters from an old Railway Official, 2nd Series
|
fict
|
| Hitchens, Bert & Delores
|
1955
|
F O B Murder
|
fict
|
|
|
1956
|
One Way Ticket
|
fict
|
|
|
1957
|
End of the Line
|
fict
|
|
|
1959
|
Man Who Followed Women, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1963
|
Grudge, The
|
fict
|
| Hoffman, Robert Fulkerson
|
1910
|
Mark Enderby - Engineer
|
fict
|
| Holman, Russell
|
1928
|
Speedy
|
fict
|
| Hoskin, GC
|
1923
|
Iron Horse, The
|
fict
|
| Hubbard, Freeman H
|
1945
|
Railroad Avenue
|
fict
|
|
|
1951
|
Roundhouse Cat, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1952
|
Train That Never Came Back, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1959
|
Phantom Brakeman, The
|
fict
|
| Hungerford, Edward
|
1912
|
Little Corky
|
fict
|
| Hutchinson, Veronica
|
1952
|
Tales of the Rails
|
fict
|
| James, Edgar
|
1911
|
Told on the Train
|
fict
|
| Japrisot, Sebastien
|
1962
|
10:30 from Marseille, The
|
fict
|
| Johnson, Rob
|
1996
|
Short Lines
|
fict
|
| Jones, Kenneth Westcott
|
1992
|
Rail Tales of the Unexpected
|
fict
|
| Jones, Neason
|
1904
|
Tom Keenan - Locomotive Engineer
|
fict
|
| Jones, William C
|
1974
|
Rail Fiction Classics
|
fict
|
|
|
1976
|
More Rail Classics
|
fict
|
| Kennedy, Ludovic
|
1980
|
Book of Railway Journeys, A
|
fict
|
| Kerr, Alva Milton
|
1903
|
Young Heroes of the Wire and Rail
|
fict
|
|
|
1907
|
Diamond Key, The
|
fict
|
| Kester, Vaughan
|
1901
|
Manager of the B & A, The
|
fict
|
| Kipling, Rudyard
|
1898
|
Day's Work, The
|
fict
|
| Knight, R
|
1918
|
Tommy of the Voices
|
fict
|
| Lampton, WG
|
1908
|
Trolley Car and the Lady
|
fict
|
| Lathrop, Gilbert A
|
1936
|
Whispering Rails
|
fict
|
|
|
1937
|
Mystery Rides the Rails
|
fict
|
| Lee, Jennette
|
1909
|
Simeon Tetlow's Shadow
|
fict
|
| Legg, Stuart
|
1952
|
Railway Book, The
|
fict
|
| Lent, Henry B
|
1932
|
Clear Track Ahead
|
fict
|
| Lever, Charles J
|
1899
|
Barrington: Tales of the Trains
|
fict
|
| Leverage, Henry
|
1927
|
Purple Limited, The
|
fict
|
| Liddell, Kenneth
|
1966
|
I'll Take the Train
|
fict
|
| Lincoln, Joseph C
|
1910
|
Depot Master, The
|
fict
|
| London, Jack
|
1907
|
Road, The
|
fict
|
| Lynde, Francis
|
1899
|
Romance in Transit, A
|
fict
|
|
|
1900
|
Private Chivalry, A
|
fict
|
|
|
1904
|
Grafters, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1905
|
Fool for Love, A
|
fict
|
|
|
1907
|
Empire Builders
|
fict
|
|
|
1910
|
Taming of Red Butte Western, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1912
|
Scientific Sprague
|
fict
|
|
|
1913
|
Honorable Senator Sage-Brush, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1919
|
David Vallory
|
fict
|
|
|
1920
|
Wreckers, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1922
|
Donovan Chance, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1925
|
Fight on the Standing Stone, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1929
|
Young Blood
|
fict
|
| Maguire, Shandy
|
1907
|
Random Rhymes and Rhapsodies of the Rail
|
fict
|
| Mase, SW
|
1926
|
Singing Wheels
|
fict
|
| McCague, James
|
1955
|
Big Ivy, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1960
|
Fiddle Hill
|
fict
|
| McClure's
|
1901
|
Railroad, The
|
fict
|
| McDonough, Marian McIntyre
|
1940
|
Rails Push West, The
|
fict
|
| Meader, Stephen W
|
1944
|
Long Trains Roll, The
|
fict
|
| Meigs, Cornelia
|
1928
|
Wonderful Locomotive, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1937
|
Railroad West
|
fict
|
| Merwin, Samuel
|
1905
|
Road Builders, The
|
fict
|
| Merwin-Webster
|
1899
|
Short Line War, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1901
|
Calumet "K"
|
fict
|
| Milburn, G
|
1930
|
Hobo's Hornbook, The
|
fict
|
| Miller, James B
|
1951
|
Railroad Battalion
|
fict
|
| Miscellanious
|
1909
|
Boy's Book of the Railroad
|
fict
|
| Morgan, Bryan
|
1975
|
Crime on the Lines
|
fict
|
| Moskowitz, Samuel
|
1954
|
Great Railroad Stories of the World
|
fict
|
| Munroe. Kirk
|
1892
|
Cab and Caboose
|
fict
|
| Nebel, Frederick
|
1933
|
Sleepers East
|
fict
|
| Nevins, Frank J
|
1933
|
Yankee Dared, A
|
fict
|
| Noble, Hollister
|
1954
|
One Way to Eldorado
|
fict
|
| Norris, Frank
|
1906
|
Octopus, The
|
fict
|
| Oemler, Marie Conway
|
1929
|
Johnny Reb
|
fict
|
| Optic, Oliver
|
1897
|
Through by Daylight
|
fict
|
| Packard, Frank L
|
1911
|
On the Iron at Big Cloud
|
fict
|
|
|
1918
|
Wire Devils, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1919
|
Night Operator, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1925
|
Running Special
|
fict
|
| Packer, Eleanor
|
1935
|
Silver Streak, The
|
fict
|
| Page, Thomas Nelson
|
1907
|
Under the Crust
|
fict
|
| Palmer, Walter
|
1906
|
Young Switch-Tender, The
|
fict
|
| Parson, Kirk
|
1903
|
On the Mountain Division
|
fict
|
| Peake, EE
|
1900
|
Darlingtons, The
|
fict
|
| Perry, Dick
|
1966
|
Roundhouse, Paradise and Mr. Pickering, The
|
fict
|
| Peyton, Richard
|
1990
|
Journey Into Fear
|
fict
|
| Phillips, Henry Wallace
|
1909
|
Trolley Folly
|
fict
|
| Phillips, RA
|
1911
|
Lee Blake, Trolley Man
|
fict
|
| Pike, R
|
1884
|
Railway Adventures and Anecdotes
|
fict
|
| Pinkerton, Allan
|
1881
|
Railroad Forger and the Detectives, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1886
|
Expressman and the Detectives, The
|
fict
|
| Popkin, Zelda
|
1945
|
Journey Home, The
|
fict
|
| Pratt, Theodore
|
1947
|
Mr. Thurtle's Trolley
|
fict
|
| Pronzini, Bill
|
1977
|
Midnight Specials
|
fict
|
|
|
1986
|
Railroaders - The Best of the West, The
|
fict
|
| Reilly, TS
|
1912
|
Diary of a Round House Foreman
|
fict
|
| Reinhardt, R
|
1970
|
Workin' on the Railroad
|
fict
|
| Ridge, WP
|
1905
|
On Company's Service
|
fict
|
|
|
1911
|
Thanks to Sanderson
|
fict
|
| Rinehart, Mary Roberts
|
1909
|
Man in Lower Ten, The
|
fict
|
| Robertson, Archie
|
1945
|
Slow Train to Yesterday
|
fict
|
| Robins, E
|
1902
|
Chasing an Iron Horse
|
fict
|
| Sabin, Edwin L
|
1919
|
Opening the Iron Trail
|
fict
|
| Sanger, WC
|
1924
|
Tides of Commerce
|
fict
|
| Savile, FM
|
1907
|
Road, The
|
fict
|
| Scribners
|
1893
|
Stories of the Railway
|
fict
|
| Simenon, Georges
|
1965
|
Venice Train, The
|
fict
|
| Smith, EB
|
1913
|
Railroad Book, The
|
fict
|
| Smith, Stephe
|
1873
|
Romance and Humor of the Rails
|
fict
|
| Spearman, Frank H
|
1900
|
Held for Orders
|
fict
|
|
|
1903
|
Daughter of a Magnate
|
fict
|
|
|
1911
|
Whispering Smith
|
fict
|
|
|
1919
|
Mountain Divide, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1927
|
Flambeau Jim
|
fict
|
| Stevenson, Burton E
|
1907
|
Young Train Dispatcher, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1909
|
Young Train Master, The
|
fict
|
|
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1929
|
Young Apprentice, The
|
fict
|
|
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1930
|
Young Section Hand, The
|
fict
|
| Stevenson, Robert Lewis
|
1895
|
Across the Plains
|
fict
|
| Stringer, Arthur
|
1925
|
Power
|
fict
|
| Sullivan, Oscar M
|
1928
|
Empire-Builder, The
|
fict
|
| Swan, EW
|
1905
|
Along the Line
|
fict
|
| Taylor, BH
|
1874
|
World on Wheels, The
|
fict
|
| Taylor, Joseph
|
1874
|
Fast Life on the Modern Highway, A
|
fict
|
| Terhune, Albert Payson
|
1907
|
Caleb Conover - Railroader
|
fict
|
| Thomas, Charles
|
1963
|
Comanche Belle
|
fict
|
| Thornton, C
|
1891
|
Story of the Fast Mail, The
|
fict
|
| Titus, Harold
|
1932
|
Below Zero
|
fict
|
| Tufts, Anne
|
1957
|
Rails Along the Chesapeake
|
fict
|
| Van Loan, HH
|
1926
|
Dixie Flyer, The
|
fict
|
| Vance, Louis Joseph
|
1914
|
Trey O' Hearts, The
|
fict
|
| Votaw, Clarence E
|
1907
|
Jasper Hunnicutt of Jimpsonhurst
|
fict
|
| Waldo, H
|
1923
|
Magic Midland, The
|
fict
|
| Warman, Cy
|
1895
|
Tales of an Engineer
|
fict
|
|
|
1897
|
Express Messenger, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1898
|
Frontier Stories
|
fict
|
|
|
1899
|
Snow on the Headlight
|
fict
|
|
|
1899
|
White Mail, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1900
|
Short Rails
|
fict
|
|
|
1906
|
Last Spike, The
|
fict
|
|
|
1911
|
Songs of Cy Warman
|
fict
|
| Warren, Joseph
|
1927
|
General, The
|
fict
|
| Washburn, Edwin C
|
1929
|
'17', The
|
fict
|
| Waters, Don
|
1928
|
Call of Shining Steel, The
|
fict
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1928
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Pounding the Rails
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fict
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| Webster, Frank V
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1911
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Bob Chester's Grit
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fict
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| Whately, Roger
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1935
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Silver Streak
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fict
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| White, GM
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Great Express Robbery, The
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fict
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| Whitechurch, Canon Victor Lorenzo
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1912
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Thrilling Stories of the Railway
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fict
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| Zola, Emile
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1890
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Human Beast, The
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fict
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