railroads

An illustrated collection of fourteen previously published stories featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, Sir Topham Hat, and their railway friends.

Contains four Thomas the Tank Engine stories including the title work in which Diesel, a newcomer to the yard, spreads hateful stories about Duck, the steam engine, but truth wins the day.

Contains three Thomas the Tank Engine stories in which Gordon crashes through the wall of Sir Topham Hatt's new station; Toby gets washed downstream by a flood; and Oliver's brakevan goes out of control.

As a young Irish immigrant boy travels by steam-engine across the American prairie to a new life, memories of the old country pull at his heart.

Using the jargon of the railroad, describes how cars are added onto or detached from a train, how various cargoes are loaded and unloaded, how tracks are switched, and how numerous other services are performed by conductor and brakeman.

A young boy takes a ride on a steam engine train and learns how it works.