Crime short stories set on trains

michaelwy · Post by **michaelwy** » April 6th, 2020, 10:20 am

Hello I really love old trains. I wonder if you know any old short stories in the crime or suspense genre set on a train. I already know of Amelia B. Edwards' famous story and Conan Doyle's "The Lost Special". Can you help me find some others?

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » April 6th, 2020, 10:47 am

PD or not PD?

Cori · Post by **Cori** » April 6th, 2020, 10:50 am

Post-crime, there's Hearts And Hands by O. Henry.

michaelwy · Post by **michaelwy** » April 6th, 2020, 12:00 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑April 6th, 2020, 10:47 am PD or not PD?

It would be nice if they were PD, and available in the librivox catalogue so i could listen to them.

ej400 · Post by **ej400** » April 6th, 2020, 12:06 pm

michaelwy wrote: ↑April 6th, 2020, 10:20 am Can you help me find some others? It would be nice if they were PD, and available in the librivox catalogue so i could listen to them.

You could go to the catalog and search for some you know of that are available on librivox too: https://librivox.org/search?primary_key=0&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

I could try to find some too... just I don't know what you are looking for. Author?

Post by **TriciaG** » April 6th, 2020, 1:25 pm

They aren't crime stories, but they are train stories:
https://librivox.org/the-night-operator-by-frank-l-packard/
https://librivox.org/on-the-iron-at-big-cloud-by-frank-l-packard/

Part action/adventure, part humor.

CSCO · Post by **CSCO** » April 7th, 2020, 8:57 am

The following novels are under copyrighit:

Nishimura Kyoutarou (西村京太郎)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyotaro_Nishimura

Points and Lines by Matumoto Seichou (松本清張)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%82%B9%E3%81%A8%E7%B7%9A

ej400 · Post by **ej400** » April 7th, 2020, 12:48 pm

CSCO wrote: ↑April 7th, 2020, 8:57 am The following novels are under copyrighit:

Nishimura Kyoutarou (西村京太郎)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyotaro_Nishimura

Points and Lines by Matumoto Seichou (松本清張)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%82%B9%E3%81%A8%E7%B7%9A

We are looking for books in the PD.....

CSCO · Post by **CSCO** » April 8th, 2020, 3:26 am

Ow!
I say to myself, "A bad bush is better than the open field. (枯れ木も山の賑わい)"

Post by **Rapunzelina** » April 11th, 2020, 9:12 am

I know you said short stories, but here's a couple of suggestion if you ever feel like a longer listen:

https://librivox.org/dyke-darrel-the-railroad-detective-by-frank-pinkerton/

https://librivox.org/the-rome-express-by-arthur-griffiths/

Post by **Rapunzelina** » April 11th, 2020, 10:49 am

Also, I can think of a ghost short story involving the railway.
"The Signal-Man", by Charles Dickens. It's #18 in this collection: https://librivox.org/short-ghost-and-horror-collection-035-by-various/

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » April 20th, 2020, 12:23 pm

The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel - we have 2 versions so you have a choice of voice as we say...

http://www.archive.org/download/master_of_mysteries_jms_librivox/masterofmysteries_04_meade.mp3

http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_coll_001_librivox/02felwyntunnel_meade_rd.mp3