railroads

A boy who is eagerly awaiting a visit from Santa Claus accepts a ride on a magical train headed for the North Pole.

Text and full-color paintings describe the cars and coaches on freight and passenger trains and the different kinds of locomotive past and present.

An elementary introduction to trains, how they work, and kinds of railroad cars.

Thomas the Tank Engine challenges young readers to lift the flaps and learn about colors, numbers, sizes, objects, and letters.

Chronicles the decade-long planning and building of the Channel Tunnel between England and France and also covers the history of the English Channel and the influx of refugees into England on the tunnel's trains.

Articles originally published in "National Geographic" chart the expansion of travel by automobile and railroad in the 1920s and its effects on American society.

Discusses the history of the transcontinental railroad, including the construction of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and other related railroads which joined the east and west coasts by meeting at Promontory Point, Utah.

Introduces how trains work, providing a brief history of trains, and discussing train cars, conductors, engineers, rails, wheels, and more.

Describes the construction of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and other related railroads which joined the east and west coasts by meeting at Promontory Point, Utah, and views both the early days of railroads preceding that event and the effects of the transcontinental railroad thus formed.

A history of railroads in the American West.