trains

As winter approaches the animals take the train to the Southern forest, but when they realize that Squirrel has missed the train, they turn back to rescue him from the cold and snow.

Photographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.

Presents the traditional song with a prose story adaptation.

Examines how the railroad has shaped the lives of Americans and the communities they live in.

Presents the classic story of a little red caboose who saved the train one day when it didn't have enough steam to climb the high mountain.