The Railroad Man's Magazine, April 1911

# Railroad Man's Magazine, April [1911]

This April 1911 issue contains railroad-themed fiction and nonfiction alongside advertising. The contents list identifies serials by C. W. Beels and others addressing railroad topics, with short stories including "With a Small 'D'" by Robert Fulkerson Hoffman, works by Guy C. Baker and Chester Porter Bissell, and "Vanishing Railroaders: Part III." Special articles cover historical and operational subjects: "In the Trail of the First Western Tracks" by R. M. West, "Observations of a Country Station-Agent No. 35" by Charles Frederick Carter, "Building Hotels by the Mile," "New Locomotives of Speed and Power" by John Walters, and "Ten Thousand Miles by Rail No. II" by Gilson Willets. Additional pieces include poems, historical anecdotes like "When Kate Shelley Saved the Express," and brief articles on railroad operations and business. The classified advertising sections promote agents' opportunities and consumer goods.