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1) The spy
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The Van Dorn Detective Agency assigns Isaac Bell, a private investigator, to a case that will reveal whether a brilliant American battleship gun designer's death was a suicide or murder, but Bell uncovers a plot set to destroy the great minds of America that are somehow connected to a secret project known as Hull 44.
2) The wrecker
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Investigating a series of attacks on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express lines, Detective Bell learns of the existence of an elusive saboteur who recruits and murders his own accomplices while engineering schemes of maximum havoc.
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The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, and kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls (while zebras referee).
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After a devastating fire at an insane asylum in California, Hook Runyon has been put in charge of security for a train that is to transport the survivors, alongside the head of the asylum, Dr. Baldwin, the attending doctor, taciturn Dr. Helms, and a self-sacrificing nurse named Andrea, to a new location in Oklahoma. Hook hires a motley crew of WW II veterans to help, and they set out for the new destination. But things go awry on the Insane Train,...
7) Train
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Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system.
11) Huff and Puff
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Traveling along the rails with his engine buddy, Huff, a little caboose named Puff clicks and clacks endlessly until the day that the friends decide to switch places, with unexpected results.
14) Train man
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A young boy imagines what it would be like to drive a train and take his little brother along for the ride.
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Sent to a salvage yard in Arizona's high desert to stop copper thieves from targeting a strategically vital war supply tunnel, Hook Runyon and his dog, Mixer, assist Lieutenant Allison Capron in the investigation of the death of a guard who was involved in a suspicious love triangle.
16) Caboose mystery
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The Boxcar Children are spending the summer traveling on a train, in their own caboose which has a mysterious history.
19) Freight train
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Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
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