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3) Train
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discover the story of railroads-from the days of steam to the high-speed, sophisticated trains of today
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., maps ; 24 x 26cm.
Language
English
Description
The history of the first steam locomotive in the United States, the Stourbridge Lion. It was shipped from England and was used to connect the coalfields to a canal. It now is housed in the Wayne County Historical Society in northeastern Pennsylvania.
8) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the fastest, largest, and strongest passenger trains and steam engines from around the world.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the different types of trains, including steam, diesel, and electric, and explains their uses.
11) Freight trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn about trains, the cargo they carry, the types of train cars and the engineers that control them.
15) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
188 p.: 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, describes the building of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads, two railroads which met at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869.
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c.1966
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
128p., ill., pbk.
Language
English
Description
Four orphaned children used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and in their new life encounter various adventures and mysteries.