HIGHDUCKS

StoryW WDC 173-10P

Ridin' the Rails

Engineer Mickey and Fireman Goofy are taking Grandma Duck, the new owner of the Miss Abigail mine by their train to her new site. At the same time Mickey and Goofy have gotten strange threats by letters written in poetry and there have been odd problems with their locomotive, someone could be out to get them, but who and why?

First published
1955
Length
24 pages (4 tiers)
Parts
3
Printed
169 times, in 15 countries
Also coded
w/wdc173-175a, wwdc173-10, wwdc173-10, wwdc173-10p, wwdc173-10p, wwdc17310p, wwdc174-10, wwdc174-10, wwdc175-09, wwdc175-09

Credits

Plot
Carl Fallberg
Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Ink
Paul Murry

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
February 1955United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 173Ridin' the Rails (part 1)
March 1955United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 174Ridin' the Rails (part 2)
April 1955United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 175Ridin' the Rails (part 3)
10 July 1955GreeceΓέλιο και Χαρά 72Ο Μίκυ Μάους σε μεγάλες σκοτούρες! (part 3)
21 August 1955ItalyAlbi d'oro 55033Topolino e la ferrovia Toccaferro
1 November 1955FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 22Mickey mécanicien (part 1)
1 November 1955MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 74Un viaje accidentado
1 December 1955FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 23Mickey mécanicien (part 2)
1 December 1955MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 75Vía ancha (part 2)
1955AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 110Ridin' the Rails (part 1)
1 January 1956FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 24Mickey mécanicien (part 3)
1 January 1956MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 76Vía ancha
1956AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 111Ridin' the Rails (part 2)
1956AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 112Ridin' the Rails (part 3)
14 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 371Menace sur le rail (part 1)
14 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 371De grote treinroof (part 1)
21 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 372Menace sur le rail (part 2)
21 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 372De grote treinroof (part 2)
28 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 373Menace sur le rail (part 3)
28 November 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 373De grote treinroof (part 3)
5 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 374Menace sur le rail (part 4)
5 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 374De grote treinroof (part 4)
12 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 375Menace sur le rail (part 5)
12 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 375De grote treinroof (part 5)
19 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 376Menace sur le rail (part 6)
19 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 376De grote treinroof (part 6)
26 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 377Menace sur le rail (part 7)
26 December 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 377De grote treinroof (part 7)
2 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 378Menace sur le rail (part 8)
2 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 378De grote treinroof (part 8)
9 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 379Menace sur le rail (part 9)
9 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 379De grote treinroof (part 9)
16 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 380Menace sur le rail (part 10)
16 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 380De grote treinroof (part 10)
23 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 381Menace sur le rail (part 11)
23 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 381De grote treinroof (part 11)
30 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 382Menace sur le rail (part 12)
30 January 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 382De grote treinroof (part 12)
6 February 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 383Menace sur le rail (part 13)
6 February 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 383De grote treinroof (part 13)
5 August 1958ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 723Mickey ferroviario (part 1)
12 August 1958ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 724Mickey ferroviario (part 2)
12 October 1958ItalyAlbi della rosa 205Topolino e la ferrovia Toccaferro (part 1)
12 October 1958ItalyAlbi della rosa 205Topolino e la ferrovia Toccaferro (part 2)
12 October 1958ItalyAlbi della rosa 205Topolino e la ferrovia Toccaferro (part 3)
14 September 1960NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1960-38Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
17 September 1960GermanyMicky Maus 1960-38Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 1)
20 September 1960DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1960-38Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
21 September 1960NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1960-39Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
24 September 1960GermanyMicky Maus 1960-39Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 2)
27 September 1960DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1960-39Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
28 September 1960NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1960-40Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
1 October 1960GermanyMicky Maus 1960-40Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 3)
4 October 1960DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1960-40Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
4 October 1960SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1960-40Tågmysteriet (part 1)
11 October 1960SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1960-41i tågmysteriet (part 2)
18 October 1960SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1960-42i tågmysteriet (part 3)
20 September 1961FinlandAku Ankka 1961-38Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
27 September 1961FinlandAku Ankka 1961-39Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
4 October 1961FinlandAku Ankka 1961-40Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
1962FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
1962FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
1962FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
30 January 1966FranceLe Journal de Mickey 714Le sauvetage de Pénélope
1966BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 35Le sauvetage de Pénélope in French
April 1967FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 35Le sauvetage de Pénélope
September 1974NetherlandsDonald Duck en andere verhalen 20Tussen de rails
28 May 1980SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1980-22Tågmysteriet (part 1)
2 June 1980DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1980-23Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
3 June 1980GermanyMicky Maus 1980-23Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 1)
3 June 1980NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1980-23Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
4 June 1980SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1980-23Tågmysteriet (part 2)
9 June 1980DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1980-24Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
10 June 1980GermanyMicky Maus 1980-24Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 2)
10 June 1980NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1980-24Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
11 June 1980SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1980-24Tågmysteriet (part 3)
16 June 1980DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1980-25Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
17 June 1980NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1980-25Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
18 June 1980GermanyMicky Maus 1980-25Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 3)
10 June 1981FinlandAku Ankka 1981-23Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
17 June 1981FinlandAku Ankka 1981-24Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
24 June 1981FinlandAku Ankka 1981-25Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1981-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1981-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1981-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
1982FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
January 1993United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 579Ridin' the Rails
March 2003FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
March 2003FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
March 2003FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1961-2Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
16 July 2004SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2004-30Tågmysteriet (part 1)
16 July 2004SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2004-30Ridin' the Rails (part 2)
16 July 2004SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2004-30Ridin' the Rails (part 3)
19 July 2004NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2004-30Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
19 July 2004NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2004-30Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
19 July 2004NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2004-30Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
22 July 2004DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2004-30Jernbanemysteriet
2005NorwayEn kvart årgang Donald Duck & Co 19Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
2005NorwayEn kvart årgang Donald Duck & Co 19Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
2005NorwayEn kvart årgang Donald Duck & Co 19Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
February 2006NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 40Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
March 2006NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 41Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
March 2006NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 41Mikke Mus i jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
7 September 2006DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1960-5Jernbanemysteriet (part 1)
7 September 2006DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1960-5Jernbanemysteriet (part 2)
7 September 2006DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1960-5Jernbanemysteriet (part 3)
2006SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1960-05Tågmysteriet (part 1)
2006SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1960-05i tågmysteriet (part 2)
2006SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1960-05i tågmysteriet (part 3)
3 June 2008FinlandAku Ankka Jumbo 14Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu
2 January 2009NetherlandsDonald Duck 2009-01Tussen de rails (part 1)
9 January 2009NetherlandsDonald Duck 2009-02Tussen de rails (part 2)
16 January 2009NetherlandsDonald Duck 2009-03Tussen de rails (part 3)
May 2011ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney 294Topolino e la ferrovia Toccaferro
8 September 2015GermanyMicky Maus Comics 26Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 1)
8 September 2015GermanyMicky Maus Comics 26Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 2)
8 September 2015GermanyMicky Maus Comics 26Die tapferen Eisenbahner (part 3)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1ARidin' the Rails (part 1)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1ARidin' the Rails (part 2)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1ARidin' the Rails (part 3)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1BRidin' the Rails (part 1)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1BRidin' the Rails (part 2)
28 October 2015United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Special 1BRidin' the Rails (part 3)
1 March 2016United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories/Disney Comics and Stories (IDW Trade Paperbacks) 1Ridin' the Rails (part 1)
1 March 2016United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories/Disney Comics and Stories (IDW Trade Paperbacks) 1Ridin' the Rails (part 2)
1 March 2016United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories/Disney Comics and Stories (IDW Trade Paperbacks) 1Ridin' the Rails (part 3)
September 2016BrazilDisney de Luxo 15Perigo na Ferrovia (part 1)
September 2016BrazilDisney de Luxo 15Perigo na Ferrovia (part 2)
September 2016BrazilDisney de Luxo 15Perigo na Ferrovia (part 3)
3 July 2018United StatesDisney Masters 3Ridin' the Rails
18 July 2018United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault 1Ridin' the Rails
24 November 2018NorwayJubileumsbok 2018Jernbanemysteriet
2018SwedenKalle Anka 70 år 2018Tågmysteriet
2018SwedenKalle Ankas bästa 2018-03Tågmysteriet
March 2021FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 1)
March 2021FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 2)
March 2021FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1981-1Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu (part 3)
16 April 2025FinlandAku Ankka Ekstra / Aku Ankka Klassikko 2025-04Ihmeellinen junaseikkailu
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 1)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 2)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 3)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 4)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 5)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 6)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 7)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 8)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 9)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 10)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 11)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 12)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Menace sur le rail (part 13)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 1)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 2)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 3)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 4)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 5)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 6)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 7)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 8)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 9)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 10)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 11)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 12)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15De grote treinroof (part 13)
FranceLes Belles Histoires de Walt Disney (Albums) B 5Mickey mécanicien (part 1)
FranceLes Belles Histoires de Walt Disney (Albums) B 5Mickey mécanicien (part 2)
FranceLes Belles Histoires de Walt Disney (Albums) B 5Mickey mécanicien (part 3)

Other versions

Redrawn, cut, recoloured or relettered for a later printing.

  • ar/EPD 723d Story, 14 ⅓ p., 3 tiers
  • ar/EPD 724d Story, 7 p., 3 tiers
  • au/WDC 110g Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • be/MM 371p20 Story, 1 p., 5 tiers
  • be/MM 383p20 Story, ¾ p., 5 tiers
  • de/MM1960-38e Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1961-38f Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AAJ 14p157 Story, 24 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AN1961-2p384 Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 714c Story, 10 p., 6 tiers
  • it/AO 55033b Story, 32 p., 3 tiers
  • it/AR 205bb Story, 3 tiers
  • us/WDC 579d Story, 8 p., 4 tiers

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