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Language
English
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Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
Publisher
TM Books & Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Showcases elaborate Christmas train layouts both large and small. Part 1 features train layouts at the Henry Ford museum, the Hancock building in Chicago, and the cover of the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. Part 2 features Angela Thomas' Christmas layout highlighted by Lionel trains and accessories, and Terry Dyer's S-gauge Christmas layout using American Flyer trains. Part 3 features classic toy trains such as the Mayflower, Blue Comet, Santa Fe and...
27) Trains
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the fastest vehicle ever to run on rails (at over 6,000 miles per hour) was rocket powered and driverless? Take a look at the world's most impressive locomotives and learn fun facts, about the fastest, oldest and most luxurious trains ever built. Take a journey through the history of trains, from the early giants of steam to the latest bullet-shaped speed machines. Visit the Quicklinks Web site and look at videos of old American...
33) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents a visual exploration of America's early railroads, examining the sounds, speed, and strength of the fledgling transcontinental locomotives and the experiences of pioneering travelers.
34) The U.P. trail
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Language
English
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While workers build the Union Pacific Railway, the United States Army fights the Native Americans.
Author
Series
Measle Stubbs adventures volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old orphan Measle Stubbs is shrunk down to half an inch tall and placed in a train set by his evil guardian, the Wrathmonk.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how John Bull, a steam locomotive, was built in England, brought to the United States in 1831, assembled, put to work, and modified over time, leading the way for modern rail transportation.
40) Smoke wagon
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Series
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English
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It's 1872 and the Katy Railroad is hell-bent on laying the first set of tracks through Indian Territory, but things have stalled out at Ironhead Station. It's a man-a-day, end-of-the-tracks boom camp, meant to live loud and die young. The railroad hired a new chief of police, but the odds are three-to-one he'll be dead by the end of the week. If Morgan Clyde can out-think the smart ones, out-lie the sneaky ones, and outshoot the deadly ones, he'll...
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