trains

A journey on a train provides excitement, nice scenery, and pleasant anticipation.

Naughty Diesel the train engine gets in trouble by misbehaving but then redeems himself in a time of crisis.

A journey on a train provides lovely scenery and excitement for a young girl traveling with her mother, watching out the window and wondering what they will see next. Includes read-aloud and activity suggestions for parents.

Presents different kinds of trains, including steam trains, diesel locomotives, and electric monorails, and discusses how they perform various jobs from carrying cargo to moving people.

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

Photographs and text provide young readers with information about trains, how they look, the jobs they do, and how they operate.

Examines the development of high-speed trains throughout the world, looking at railroads that already exist, such as the London-Paris Chunnel line, and discussing some that are in the planning stages.

Cynical journalist Tom Langdon comes to a new understanding of himself and a renewed appreciation for the season of miracles after a slight misunderstanding at the airport forces him to travel by train from Washington to Los Angeles at Christmastime.

A color-illustrated historical overview of trains that also explains how trains work and presents a time line, a glossary, and a listing of related books and Web sites.