Pulp Fiction, 1950 · page 126 of 132
15 Story Detective, April 1950 — page 126: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page contains the beginning of a serialized short story titled "Full Steam to Nowhere" by Harold Helfer, alongside period advertisements. The story prose recounts a historical railroad incident from May 14, 1875, near Sing Sing prison, in which five convicts escaped by commandeering a locomotive (Engine No. 89) after leaping onto it from a bridge. The narrative describes how the prisoners forced the engineer and fireman to jump, disconnected the engine from its train cars, and fled while guards fired ineffectively at the speeding locomotive. Left-side advertisements promote patent legal services, Allimin garlic tablets for stomach ailments, a cartooning instruction book, and Railroad Magazine.
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