Railroad stories books

Ralph on the Engine; Or, The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail

Allen Chapman

Ralph on the Engine, or The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail, is a fast‑moving railroad yarn that thrusts…

Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy

Kirk Munroe

Cab and Caboose is a turn‑of‑the‑century adventure aimed at boys, presented as the first volume in the Boy…

The Octopus : A Story of California

Frank Norris

The Octopus is a didactic work set amid the wheat‑fields and dusty roads of California’s San Joaquin Valley…

Danger signals: Remarkable, exciting and unique examples of the bravery, daring and stoicism in the midst of danger of train dispatchers and railroad engineers

Hill, John A. (John Alexander); Brady, Jasper Ewing

The Depot Master

Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Memorias de un vagón de ferrocarril

Eduardo Zamacois

The Driver

Garet Garrett

Empire Builders

Francis Lynde

A Fool for Love

Francis Lynde

The Wire Devils

Frank L. Packard

Whispering Smith

Frank H. Spearman

The Manager of the B. & A.: A Novel

Vaughan Kester

Excuse Me!

Rupert Hughes

The White Desert

Courtney Ryley Cooper

Tales of the Trains Being Some Chapters of Railroad Romance by Tilbury Tramp, Queen's Messenger

Charles Lever

On Time; or, Bound to Get There

Oliver Optic

The Young Train Master

Burton Egbert Stevenson

Caleb Conover, Railroader

Albert Payson Terhune

Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life

Frank H. Spearman

The last spike, and other railroad stories

Cy Warman

Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

A. Frank Pinkerton

The Night Operator

Frank L. Packard

Christmas on Wheels

Willis Boyd Allen

Through by daylight: Or, the young engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad

Oliver Optic