"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.

"Large photographs and simple text describe different city trains, including subways, elevated railways, and light rail"--Provided by publisher.

Traveling along the rails with his engine buddy, Huff, a little caboose named Puff clicks and clacks endlessly until the day that the friends decide to switch places, with unexpected results.

"Christmas Eve, 1940. On the Pelican Road, an isolated stretch of railway between Meridian, Mississippi and New Orleans, two trains travel toward one another through the snow. A.P. Dunn, engineer aboard the 4512, a southbound freight, can remember every detail of the last trip he made in the snow, in 1923. What he can't recall are the events of a few hours ago: where he ate his breakfast, how he got the troublesome gash. On the northbound Silver Star,...

Singer Johnny Cash rides the rails to tell, through narration and song, how the railroad has contributed to the building of America from 1830 to the present.

"The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives... Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains."--page [4] of cover.

Describes the history, development, and expansion of American transportation, highlighting trains and stagecoaches.