In 1925, magazine founder Frank Munsey had died, leaving a $25 million gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[1] In 1929, when freelance author William Edward Hayes announced he was bringing out a new railroad-oriented pulp, the Munsey Company recruited him to edit a revival of Railroad Man's Magazine.

After years of declining revenue and readership, the magazine abruptly ceased publication with the January 1979 edition, with no mention of the situation.

For the first few years, Steve Maguire continued his "Transit Topics" column, as did Mike Eagleson with "In Search of Steam."

[citation needed] These editions collect stories according to themes such as authors, series characters, or serialized novels.

These volumes also reprint illustrated features such as Joe Easley's "Along the Iron Pike" and Stookie Allen's "Who's Who in the Crew".