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Old-Time Radio Shows                                                         Railway Pages Index

Old-Time Radio is my other major hobby. There are tens of thousamds of OTR shows, traded like baseball cards, on the Internet. This page provides MP3 files of railway-related stories, many going back 50 to 70 years ago. Click on the links below and then select "Open" to play them with Windows Media Player.

Greene Valley Line (1934) – a series about life on a short line operation. Great train sound effects, nice theme song, no commercials – 26 episodes at about 13 minutes each.
Episode: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26

CBS Mystery Radio Theater (1977-78) – High ___________ Short Shorts (1952) – Believe-It-Or-Not
quality mysteries, some quite well known. ____________ and one minute items about railways.
Each episode is about 40 to 45 minutes.
Episodes: 604 | 857 | 860 _____________________________ Episodes: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04

Express Trains (1932 to 1952) – various interesting stories from around the world. Episodes vary from 30 to 45 minutes. Great variety and some fun too. Episode 12 is the “Escape” version of the Orient Express. Not all these express trains run on rails! _ Episodes: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Murder On The Orient Express – BBC Radio, based on Agatha Christie’s famous Hercule Poirot novel. Four 30 minute episodes. ___ Episodes: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04

History/Comedy: (1930-1936) – some propaganda, bragging, and comedy included, 30 minute episodes. History: 01 | 02 ____ Comedy: 01 | 02

Westerns: (1938-1952) – Hopalong Cassidy and Matt Dillon on the railways! Here are a few that have interesting cultural connotations. Hoppy Episodes: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 Gunsmoke Episodes: 01 | 02