Is There a Best Railroad Fiction Book?

A couple of thoughts:

First of all, Mooner, you're very welcome.

@laming: Could you be thinking of Rail (or Railroad) Fiction Classics? This was a yellow hardback with an elaborate  locomotive design on the cover. It was followed by More Rail Fiction Classics. Recommended.

@smd4: Clear The Tracks is also excellent.

I'd like to also point out that Double Jacks is reviewed and available on Amazon.  Don Francis.

"The Boomer" by Bedwell comes up often, seems to me a while back Classic Trains (I think?) had an article about it, saying many call it the best railroad fiction book ever. I've read it and it is really good.

Since "Nothing Like It in the World" has come up a few times, I feel it should be mentioned that this book is riddled with errors. Many minor, but far too many major for what is supposed to be a non-fiction history book. A number of the errors, mainly on the Central Pacific portions of the book, can be found here:

Commentary on 'Nothing Like It in the World' (cprr.org)

~Chris

Found a soft cover "The Boomer: A Story Of The Rails" on eBay. Purchased it.

Thanks for the tip!

Andre

@Don Francis posted:

@laming: Could you be thinking of Rail (or Railroad) Fiction Classics? This was a yellow hardback with an elaborate  locomotive design on the cover. It was followed by More Rail Fiction Classics. Recommended.

Thanks for the assist.

I did a search, and "Rail Fiction Classics" is only three stories in one book.

I now think I recall there were more short stories than that. I also think I remember the name of one of the short stories was "Hot Engine", and the engineer in that story was "Danny"?

The mind is a terrible thing to waste (away)!

Andre

@C.Vigs: Wow! I just finished your "Commentary" reference, and the mistake I found was obviously the very summit of a huge iceberg of mistakes! It makes hard to believe that this was purported to be non-fiction.

@laming: Well I tried for ya! As for your "mind...waste(away)" comment, I'd second that thought. Like an Amishman said "the hurrier I go the behinder I get!"   Don Francis