"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.

All aboard the Engineering Express! Readers will embark on a scientific exploration of steam power and locomotive engineering in this versatile volume. Along the way theyll gain insight on American history, the epic Transcontinental Railroad, and other pivotal moments in the locomotives long lifetime. Full-color photographs and a reader-friendly map illustrate the journey for visual learners, while kinesthetic learners will love the concluding hands-on...

Presents a survey of fifty railroads that have shaped social, commercial, political, technological, and military history, including the U.S.'s first transcontinental railroad and Japan's streamlined Tokaido rail system.

The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery but the cubs want to learn about the train. With luck, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the train whistle.

"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...