He was a poor student and much of his childhood he spent watching trains on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.
However he abandoned his studies in Syracuse, and went to Western New York, where in 1896 he obtained a job as a reporter with the Rochester Herald.
He was also advertising manager for Wells Fargo & Company Express, and director of publications at the University of Rochester.
[1] In 1925, Hungerford approached Daniel Willard, the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and offered to write a history of the company, which was shortly to reach its centenary.
The railroad display at the fair, which lasted until 1940, presented steam, electric and diesel engines brought from Canada, England and Italy.
Hungerford wrote two best selling books, Planning a Trip Abroad and With the Doughboy in France, a journal of experiences of World War I.Other works include During his career, Hungerford wrote for The Saturday Evening Post and Trains Magazine.