The Railroad Man\'s Magazine October 1907 Volume 4 Number 1 \"The Onyx Ear\" For Sale

The Railroad Man\'s Magazine October 1907 Volume 4 Number 1 \"The Onyx Ear\".
This issue is packed with several serials, short stories, railroad related articles, poetry, and miscellany. Includes the first part of \"The Onyx Ear\" plus articles on the reward systems organized by railroads for their workers, Russell Harding\'s career as a railroad builder, heroic railroad men, True Story No. 13 (when an ore train plunged off the Bessemer and Lake Erie\'s high bridge), No. 4 in Observations of a Country Station-Agent, some train dispatchers\' exciting adventures, Henry David Thoreau\'s observations on the The Fitchburg Railroad while he was at Walden Pond, a detailed explanation of how steam cycles through an engine\'s cylinders, how Midwestern states helped subsidize the growth of regional railroads, new railroads on the frontier, No. 13 in the Great American Train Robberies series (the 1893 daylight robbery of the Mineral Range Railroad), recent railroad patents, railroad puzzles, and much more. Illustrated with a few pen and ink sketches.192 pages plus 6 pages of vintage advertisements.
This issue is in Poor condition. Cover has come loose from the volume and has fallen apart (see 2nd photo) although it was taped back together at some point. Pages are clean and unmarked but browned (color of toast) with edges that are chipping; pages feel a little fragile. Spine is taped; spine under the tape is chipped and worn; large chips at top and bottom of spine. Cover shows shelf wear with rubbing; prior owner\'s name stamped on the front; edges are bumped and wrinkled. Ships promptly from Virginia (always in a box) with free tracking. Inquiries welcome. (L81)

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