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1) Train
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., maps ; 24 x 26cm.
Language
English
Description
The history of the first steam locomotive in the United States, the Stourbridge Lion. It was shipped from England and was used to connect the coalfields to a canal. It now is housed in the Wayne County Historical Society in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new airport is going to be built on the Island of Sodor. The trains, which are already very busy, become even busier as construction begins. There are many mishaps along the way and the engines will have to work together in order to get everything working properly.
11) Freight train
Author
Language
English
Description
Every child's dream freight train roars through in a kaleidoscope of colors, with a black steam engine and a red caboose at either end
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
[24] p.
Language
English
Description
Thomas saves the day when the medals for the children's Sports Day are left in the station. Gordon wants nothing to do with the big engine-decorating contest, but a large banner might alter his plans, and more fun with Thomas.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
223 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The book organizes the railroads chronologically, considering each according to its greatest impact on social, commercial, political, engineering and military history. Maps plus more than 200 elegant drawings, photographs and paintings as well as dozens of sidebars highlight the text. The fifty railroads span history, from the first in public passenger travel (Wales, 1807) to Japan's speed-record breaking "Bullet".
19) Freight train
Author
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Description
Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.