All aboard for romance, danger, and plain old American hard work! Bold Venture Press is proud to present RAILROAD STORIES -- classic pulp fiction tales of the American railways! For decades, readers were entertained each month with Railroad Stories Magazine and it's blend of factual articles and fiction yarns. This is wholesome he-man fiction for railroad fans, written by authors who knew trains first-hand!

Railroad Stories

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Avalanche! by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 48,590. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2019 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Three yarns from Railroad Stories Magazine (1934 and 1935) featuring the adventures of Rud Randall, engineer, and superintendent King Lawson!
The Legend of King Lawson by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,170. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2019 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Five hair-raising, heart-tugging linked stories follow William "King" Lawson from gandy dancer to trainmaster, and then from riches to rags! Lawson turns his back on a harrowing accident, an unfaithful wife, a duplicitous friend, and follows the lonely Boomer Trail from town to town, across the train yards of America.
Gangsters of the Rails by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 51,050. Language: English. Published: April 19, 2016 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Connie Turner, son of the murdered boss of Cootie’s Bluff, walked into plenty of trouble after taking a job on the K., G. & O. Plunder and mystery surrounds the railyards in this nail-biting yarn by E.S. Dellinger, America’s premier railroad fiction author.
Civil War by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,360. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2017 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
By the creator of "Jim Hatfield" and "Walt Slade" -- Engineer Boone Hatfield rises through Confederate ranks, transporting troops and artillery via the South Carolina Railroad. Soon, he’s tasked with keeping General Sherman’s marauding army at bay in a running battle stretching from South Carolina to Virginia. Also: Tales of Jaggers Dunn and the C. & P.
Steam and Steel by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 66,750. Language: English. Published: October 8, 2017 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Friend against Foe and Rail against Rail! A personal squabble that mushroomed into a vengeance game, from the shell-torn tracks of France to the smooth main line of the S.F. & E., back in the USA. Then, haunted by the shadow of murder and pursuit, Dave Meade couldn't forget the roar of the rails. Then, out of the night and the driving storm on the main line in the Ozarks, came a girl and fate.
Railroad Stories #7: The Return of Casey Jones by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,330. Language: English. Published: May 10, 2019 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
THE RETURN OF CASEY JONES The mighty epic of a man with railroading in his blood! Casey Jones inspired Jim Martin to be a great engineer — and Jim was determined to honor the engineer’s memory! (With a vintage article on Charles Starrett, star of 1935’s The Return of Casey Jones.) Plus four additional stories by John Johns of adventure and romance on the rails.
Railroad Stories #8: Colorado Midland by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 58,600. Language: English. Published: May 6, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Six stories by Norman F. Brandhorst, originally presented in Railroad Stories Magazine between 1933-1934, featuring COLORADO MIDLAND — A cloud of suspicion hanging over him, Boomer Dan Hart tackles the toughest chunk of railroad in the world!
Railroad Stories #9: The Ballad of Redhot Frost by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,630. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
CREEPING SHADOWS ...It was an ominous spot on the map, barely a town — a haven for outlaws in the Oklahoma mountains. When violence befell Adoniram Steel’s father, “Addie’s” heart hardened toward the outlaw gang, but it melted for Virginia "Redhot" Frost, daughter of conductor Jack Frost. Redhot had her own score to settle, and even World War I couldn't get in her way ...
Railroad Stories #10: Rolling Wheels & The Georgia Rambler by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 50,110. Language: English. Published: May 19, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Western
In "Rolling Wheels," memories of a girl, of success and failure, fill the soul of a man who waits for death. Afterward, three comedy short stories — "Tales of The Georgia Rambler" — follow the timid exploits of a Boomer and his somewhat trusty sidekick in misadventures at the roundhouse.
Railroad Stories #11: Danger Signals by
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,730. Language: English. Published: December 17, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
A story of railroading in the "link and pin days" of 1887. It is the story of two men, brakemen on the N. S. & W., and a friendship that suffers when they love the same girl. It is also the story of a young woman, Muriel Chalmers, the daughter of the storekeeper in their home town. This is a story of a friendship torn asunder, but it is also a story of differences put aside when danger beckons.