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Railroad Magazine [v44 #1, October 1947] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp) [Robert Kent]
  • fc. · Runaround (G.N.’s Empire Builder) · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 12 · Kansas City Southern · William R. Draper · pi
  • 48 · Water Power vs. Oil · R. L. Neuberger · pi
  • 84 · Fantrip in C.B.I. · Philip B. Korst · pi
  • 136 · Railroad Quiz · Misc. · qz
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 74 · Copies · LeRoy Palmer · ts
  • 104 · Port Chaw · Harry K. McClintock · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 40 · Conductor Watson’s Retirement · John P. Mills · ss
  • 112 · Killer McGoon · Richard J. Slattery · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 46 · Along the Iron Pike · Joseph Easley · cl
  • 72 · Locomotive of the Month (“City of Memphis” Pacific) · Misc. · pi
  • 80 · Long Island’s New Double Deckers · Misc. · pi
  • 119 · Locomotives of the Nickel Plate · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 63 · Light of the Lantern (Signalling and Electronics) · Misc. · cl
  • 93 · Electric Lines (East Boy Transportation) · Misc. · cl
  • 122 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v44 #2, November 1947] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL]


Railroad Magazine [v44 #3, December 1947] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp) [Robert Kent]
  • fc. · The Olympian Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road) · Aurion Proctor · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 12 · Canada Rolls Its Own · William L. Rohde · pi
  • 36 · City of New Orleans (Photo Story) · Misc. · pi
  • 52 · Pennsy’s Steel Thunderbolts · Frank Clodfelter · pi
  • 60 · The Skunk · Virginia Coontz · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 66 · Running Blind · William J. Parry · ts
  • 86 · The Silent Land · William F. Knapke · ts
  • 104 · Uncle Nat · J. W. Hinds · ts
  • 121 · Experiences ’Way Back · Edwin Purkess · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 42 · Boss of Seventeen · Alvin N. Scism · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · Freedom Train · Henry B. Comstock · pi
  • 34 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 84 · Locomotive of the Month (PRR’s Modified T-1 Class) · Misc. · pi
  • 114 · Locomotives of the Canadian National (Part II) · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 74 · Light of the Lantern (Injector Economy) · Misc. · cl
  • 92 · Electric Lines (Interurban Railway & Terminal) · Misc. · cl
  • 124 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v44 #4, January 1948] (Popular Publications, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.


Railroad Magazine [v45 #1, February 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · Vermillion Cliffs and Vista Domes · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 10 · Steel Across the Rivers · H. H. Gross · pi
  • 28 · New Horizons for the Vista Dome Traveler · E. M. Kennedy · ia
  • 34 · Southern Pacific of Mexico · Leonard T. Haug · pi
  • 65 · Snow · Misc. · ia
  • 120 · Annual Index Railroad Magazine (1947) · Misc. · ix
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 82 · The Super Liked Fried Chicken · Charles Anthony Roach · ts
  • 100 · Vigilantes of the High Iron · Jack R. Maguire · ts
  • 110 · To the Rescue · W. V. Athanas · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 54 · Slippery Buck’s Circus Robbery [Boomer Jones] · James W. Earp · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 8 · Now... WE’LL Tell You · Henry B. Comstock · ed
  • 52 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 80 · Locomotive of the Month (B&O’s Adopted Steam Power) · Misc. · pi
  • 114 · Locomotives of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 68 · Light of the Lantern (Shockproof Shipping) · Misc. · cl
  • 92 · Electric Lines (Brill: Pioneer Builder of Streetcars) · Misc. · cl
  • 106 · The Callboard (Railfans in Review) · Misc. · rv
  • 128 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v45 #2, March 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · Homeward Bound (Delaware & Hudson) · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 12 · Delano, Portrait of a Railroad Town · Freeman H. Hubbard · pi
  • 34 · Rapid Canyon Line · Robert Lee · pi
  • 68 · Movie Station · W. D. Woodson · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 74 · Eat Meself Strike · Arthur B. Armes · ts
  • 102 · Singing Brakeman · Joe Cunningham · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 116 · Women and Boxcars · Pete Jackson · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · Our Readers Rate the Railroads · Henry B. Comstock · nf
  • 44 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 66 · Locomotive of the Month (Decapods for Turkey) · Misc. · pi
  • 113 · Three Rail Poems · Charles D. Dulin · pm
  • 114 · Locomotives of the Panama Railroad · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 46 · Light of the Lantern (What’s a Good-Looking Locomotive?) · Morgan · cl
  • 90 · Electric Lines (British Columbia Electric Rolls On) · Richard L. Neuberger · cl
  • 126 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 140 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v45 #3, April 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · 76 by Altamont (B&O’s “Cincinnation”) · Henry B. Comstock · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 6 · Annual Speed Survey · Donald M. Steffee · pi
  • 46 · Puritan Valley Line · George J. Flynn · pi
  • 104 · The Great Seekonk Case · Alvin F. Harlow · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 59 · Sod Huts and the Santa Fe · George W. Bolds · ts
  • 82 · Pig-Tail Operator · M. P. Bowles · ts
  • 88 · Gasoline Goats on the Logging Pike · W. V. Athanas · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 112 · Dollars on Ice · William L. Rohde · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 64 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 77 · Locomotive of the Month (Electro-Motive Branch Line Diesel) · Misc. · cl
  • 93 · Welcoming Committee—Western Style · T. N. Durosko · nf
  • 122 · Locomotives of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 66 · Light of the Lantern (Short Wave Radio on the Katy) · Knapp · cl
  • 78 · Out of the Car Shops (De Soto’s Goal: 1218 Units) · Misc. · nf
  • 85 · The Callboard (Railfans in Review) · Misc. · rv
  • 94 · Electric Lines (Southern Cambria Railway) · Stephen D. Maguire · cl
  • 126 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 140 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v45 #4, May 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · Locomotive Washer, Sunnyside Yard (PRR) · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 10 · Sunnyside Yard · William L. Rohde · pi
  • 28 · Railroad Scouts [Part 1 of ?] · E. S. Dellinger · pi
  • 44 · “Down Under” Railroads · Norman C. Harris · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 74 · End of Steel · George Cronyn · ts
  • 80 · A Taste of Railroading · Tom Rooney · ts
  • 84 · So You’re a Passenger Conductor · James W. Earp · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 110 · Time Element · Pete Jackson · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · Railroading Through Town Names · Sylvia Talsey · nf
  • 26 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 70 · Locomotive of the Month (6800 H.P. Virginian Electric) · Misc. · pi
  • 104 · Freedom Train · Misc. · pi
  • 106 · Hi, Miss Frisco · T. H. Quast · nf
  • 120 · Locomotives of the Chesapeake & Ohio · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 58 · Light of the Lantern · Misc. · cl
  • 94 · Electric Lines (Forgotten Trolleys of Cambria County) · Stephen D. Maguire · cl
  • 124 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v46 #1, June 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · Icing Reefers at Wenatchee (Great Northern) · Aurion Proctor · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 10 · The Turbulent North Arkansas · Robert Schick · pi
  • 32 · Temiscouata · Mike Runey · pi
  • 62 · Railroad Scouts [Part 2 of ?] · E. S. Dellinger · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 81 · In the Days of the Old Eighty-Five · J. W. Hinds · ts
  • 118 · Recollections · George H. Wright · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 102 · Luck of the Irish · Paul McGuire · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · Dead Engines · William Jay · nf
  • 60 · Locomotive of the Month (Reading G-3 Pacific) · Misc. · pi
  • 88 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 111 · New Railbooks · Misc. · br
  • 116 · Locomotives of the Central of Georgia · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 26 · Out of the Car Shop (Reefer Crop at A.C.F.) · Misc. · cl
  • 46 · Light of the Lantern (Safety Valves) · Misc. · cl
  • 78 · The Callboard (Railfans in Review) · Misc. · rv
  • 90 · Electric Lines (Manhattan’s Early R.P.O. Lines) · Connolly · cl
  • 125 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 139 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v46 #2, July 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, 35¢, pulp) [AT]
  • fc. · Curve Easement Project, Little Falls, N.Y. · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 8 · Missouri-Kansas-Texas · Jack Russell · pi
  • 40 · Nevada Northern · B. A. Thomas · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 72 · Race Track [Part 1 of 3] · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ts
  • 94 · The Nutty Notion · Olin C. Castle · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 102 · The Fiery Comet · Raymond Hull · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · Clark’s Cupolas · Henry B. Comstock · nf
  • 70 · Locomotive of the Month (T&P’s Rebuilt Texas Type) · Misc. · pi
  • 80 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 98 · Locomotives of the St. Louis & San Francisco · Misc. · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 53 · Light of the Lantern (A Train Is No Faster Than Its Track) · Misc. · cl
  • 82 · Electric Lines (Twilight of the Interurbans) · Stephen D. Maguire · cl
  • 124 · On the Spot (Switch-Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v46 #3, August 1948] (Popular Publications, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.


Railroad Magazine [v46 #4, September 1948] (Popular Publications, pulp, cover by Philip A. Ronfor) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.


Railroad Magazine [v47 #1, October 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL]


Railroad Magazine [v47 #2, November 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL]
  • 42 · Ho[missing letter]onahan’s New Boss · Paul McGuire · ss
  • 117 · All God’s Chillun Got Shoes · K. Soums · ss


Railroad Magazine [v47 #3, December 1948] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL]


Railroad Magazine [v47 #4, January 1949] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, pulp) [Robert Kent]
  • fc. · Rotaries in the Rockies (Great Northern) · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 10 · Pacific Great Eastern · Richard L. Neuberger · pi
  • 32 · Extra West on the Bell · Wallace W. Abbey, Jr. · pi
  • 42 · Conqueror’s Bridge · H. H. Gross · pi
  • 48 · Country Cousin Goes to Town · William L. Rohde · pi
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 74 · Cinders · Charles A. Roach · ts
  • 98 · Muddy Shoe Tells Tale in Court · J. V. DeLaney · ts
  • 106 · Measure of a Man · Ralph Emerson Woods · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 122 · Mountain Standard Time [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Bedwell · sl
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · A Visit from St. Nicholas · Harry B. Chase, Jr. · pi
  • 8 · Sponsor Identification · Henry B. Comstock · pi
  • 60 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 72 · Locomotive of the Month (B&M Branchline Diesel) · Misc. · pi
  • 82 · Locomotives of the Great Northern · Misc. · pi
  • 108 · Over the Hump · Misc. · pi
  • 110 · Fiddletown & Copperopolis Ry. (No. 5) · Carl Fallberg · pi
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 62 · Light of the Lantern (Erie on the Airwaves) · Misc. · cl
  • 88 · Electric Lines (Tuscaloosa Belt Line) · Misc. · cl
  • 96 · Out of the Car Shops (Milwaukee Rail Car) · Misc. · cl
  • 111 · On the Spot (Switch Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 141 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


Railroad Magazine [v48 #1, February 1949] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, 148pp, pulp) from TOC. [MW/JL]


Railroad Magazine [v48 #2, March 1949] ed. Henry B. Comstock (Popular Publications, Inc., 35¢, 148pp, pulp) [LH]
  • fc. · First RPO Run on the Old “St. Joe” (Burlington) · Frederick Blakeslee · cv
  • · ILLUSTRATED FEATURES
  • 12 · Burlington Route 1849-1949 · Misc. · ia
  • 64 · All Aboard the B&M—but not for Boston · R. Magruder Dobie · ia
  • · TRUE TALES
  • 44 · Death at the Throttle · Harry K. McClintock · ts
  • 84 · Store Department · Fred Horton · ts
  • 96 · No Place for a Tramp · John F. Ariza · ts
  • · FICTION
  • 70 · Not a Wheel Turning · H. F. Alfred · ss
  • 104 · Unbroken Seals · E. S. Dellinger · ss
  • · SHORT HAULS
  • 6 · God Bless America · John Leslie · nf
  • 8 · A Second in ’25 · Charles D. Dulin · nf
  • 54 · Along the Iron Pike · Joe Easley · cl
  • 62 · Locomotive of the Month (Experimental Gas Turbine) · Misc. · nf
  • 100 · Locomotives of the Spokane International · Misc. · nf
  • 123 · New Railbooks · Misc. · nf
  • 126 · Fiddletown & Copperopolis Ry. (No. 7) · Misc. · nf
  • · DEPARTMENTS
  • 56 · Light of the Lantern (35,000 Turnarounds) · Misc. · cl
  • 79 · Electric Lines (Carbarn Comments) · Misc. · cl
  • 92 · Model Railroading (Conductor’s Car) · The Nutsplitter · cl
  • 127 · On the Spot (Switch Shanty Gossip) · Misc. · cl
  • 140 · Railroad Camera Club (Switch List, Model Trading Post) · Misc. · cl


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