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1) Train
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"Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the 'father of the railroad,' materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the American railroad contributed to the development and progress in the US and facilitated the spread of population to previously isolated areas. Discover how the electric and diesel power provided more speed and efficiency....
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I survived volume 22
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"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
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"The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that has inspired millions of children since it was first published in 1930. Triumphantly pulling a train over the mountain, the Little Blue Engine shows readers young and old the power of kindness and determination."--book jacket.
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Love on the Santa Fe volume 2
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"Accustomed to an opulent life with her aunt, the last thing twenty-five-year-old Isabella Garcia wants is to celebrate Christmas in her parents' small silver-mining desert town, leaving her handsome beau, Diego Morales, behind in California. Adding insult to injury, she must bear the company of Aaron Bailey, the disapproving Santa Fe Railroad businessman her father has sent to escort her home, who clearly finds her spoiled. But she is surprised to...
8) On the train
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"What can we find on the train today? Shine a light behind the page and see... From the engineer in his cab and maintenance workers on the track, to stop-and-go signals and all kinds of trains, each page will take you behind the scenes of a busy train ride"--Back cover.
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Train to impossible places volume 3
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"When the Impossible Postal Express is charged with returning an overdue library book, Suzy Smith looks forward to a nice, simple delivery-just the thing she needs to convince her anxious parents to let her keep her job on the train. So she's less than thrilled to discover that not only is the book alive, it's full of a growing and dangerous magic. Worse still, the world to which it belongs is missing, and Suzy and her friends will have to use all...
10) Choo-choo school
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Seven adorable train cars join a new lineup of students on the first day of Choo-Choo School, where they recite classroom rules about work, fairness and kindness before embarking on a pun-riddled day of learning how to stay on track.
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"Not sleepy yet? Then grab your ticket and climb aboard the Moonlight Train! You can read books with a lion in a cozy story nook, eat pancakes with warthogs, and climb the long neck of a giraffe for the best view ever. Now each bedtime will be an unforgettable moonlight journey." --book jacket
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Holland family saga volume 4
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"The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but...
15) Epic adventures
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"Climb onboard and travel across six continents, 34 countries, and numerous cities via 12 of the world's most amazing train journeys. ... Sam Sedgman will delight readers with his descriptive and illuminative text about train journeys including the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco), and the Rejuvenation Express (Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals some of the rich...
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Goodnight Train volume 4
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"It's Halloween night and the Goodnight Train is set to choo choo BOO! See costumed sheep, find glowing jack-o-lanterns, and fill the boxcar with candy freight before rolling into the station for bedtime." --publisher's website.
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