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44) Going by train
Author
Series
Publisher
Weekly Reader Early Learning Library
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Readers learn about commuter trains, subways, elevated trains, high-speed trains, and other passenger trains, as well as freight trains and the many ways that trains can be powered.
Author
Publisher
MBI Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Railroads have been a part of the American scene since the early nineteenth century. From that time forth, railroading boomed and thousands of railroad companies were formed. Many succumbed quickly to financial chaos, while others were swallowed by larger companies. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several railroad companies would emerge as classic icons of America's rail transportation network: the Chesapeake & Ohio, the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the historic meeting of two railroad lines in 1869 that linked the U.S. transcontinental railroad and Andrew J. Russell's famous photograph of the event"--
48) Train
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture-packed guide to the fascinating story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Take a trip through the history of trains to discover how they have revolutionized not only travel but also our world. Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the “father of the railroad,” materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn...
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive guide to trains and locomotives that details the origins and histories of some of the most significant trains and locomotives around the world and traces the evolution of steam, diesel, and electric motive technology.
Author
Series
Masters of railroad photography volume 1
Publisher
Boston Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
MacAdam Cage
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Christmas Eve, 1940. On the Pelican Road, an isolated stretch of railway between Meridian, Mississippi and New Orleans, two trains travel toward one another through the snow. A.P. Dunn, engineer aboard the 4512, a southbound freight, can remember every detail of the last trip he made in the snow, in 1923. What he can't recall are the events of a few hours ago: where he ate his breakfast, how he got the troublesome gash. On the northbound Silver Star,...
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