"Kids love trains! Especially the old-timey steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos. But what about a super-speeder in Japan that zooms on the track at 361 miles per hour? Or the world's longest freight train, stretching on for a whopping 4.6 miles? Or futuristic railways in the sky? In this Level 1 reader, young readers will discover a whole new way of looking at trains!"--Amazon.com.

Traces the competition between two railroad companies to build the first cross-country railroad, detailing the environmental and industrial dangers the tens of thousands of workers faced while working to link the nation.

In this book with rhyming text, the dream train pulls into the station and all the different cars are loaded by the animal workers, each with the appropriate cargo.

"Witness the ultimate railroading adventure... A rail trip from coast to coast across America's heartland with side trips to twelve of the most spectacular scenic trouist lines in operation!"

"All aboard, but beware! Passengers who sleep on this train may never wake up. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train from London to the Highlands derails, along with the festive plans of its travelers. With the train buried in snow in the middle of nowhere, the passengers have only each other, and not all of them will reach their holiday celebrations. As a killer tries to pick passengers off one by one, former Met Detective Roz Parker...

A child's bedtime ritual follows the imaginary journey of a goodnight train's trip to the dreamland station.

"Explores various perspectives on the process of building the transcontinental railroad. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--