Summary: "The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives that will entertain and inform children for hours. Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains. Featuring stunning illustrations of locomotives and fun facts, The Big Books of Trains is the ultimate first trains book, "--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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Summary: This illustrated history of steam trains makes a great gift item for train enthusiasts and railroad historians. It covers steam locomotives from its origins, its expansion through to its eventual obsoletion. It also includes a chapter on railroads in the north and south which covers Canada and Mexico. Lavishly illustrated throughout in full color and written by an author with a number of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 CHAKeefe, Kevin P.
Summary: Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 at the peak of steam locomotive development. The narrative traces the 1225’s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard for preservation at Michigan State University, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam, first by a student club and later by a railroad museum. Milestones along the way include 1225’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625 KEEDrury, George H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kalmbach Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 625.261 DRURoss, David
Summary: All aboard! Get ready to take an exhilarating journey through the history of the world's greatest trains with this comprehensive encyclopedia. Everything you ever wanted to know about various types of locomotives is profiled here, including electric, diesel, steam, passenger, and freight trains. New fans, as well as long-time train aficionados will enjoy this thorough look at one of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grange 2007
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Contents: Steam pioneers. -- The formative years. -- The locomotive grows. -- Articulated locomotives. -- Superpower and streamliners. -- Special service engines. -- Diesel debut. -- Steam technology in the diesel age. -- American steam today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lowe & B. Hould Pub. 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.261 SOLSummary: Chronicles the history of locomotive development, including photographs of over four hundred types of trains and seven of the world's most memorable railroad journeys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.09 TRAIN SMIGraham-White, Sean
Summary: A new generation of locomotives for a changing world: greener, cleaner, and just as powerful. This book introduces readers to General Electric's Evolution Series, the company’s latest achievement in a long and distinguished history of locomotive design. At the heart of the Evolution's success is the GEVO 12-cylinder engine, which produces the same horsepower as the old 16-cylinder FDL while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MBI 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 GRAVeitch, Catherine
Summary: "These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines on rails including bullet trains, railway snowploughs, and the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. Find out which machine on rails is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 625.2 VEIWegman, Mark
Summary: Over the course of 15 years, author Mark Wegman researched original railroad company drawings, records, and even paint chips to render 180 color profiles, front view, top views, and interior layouts representing the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives and the passenger cars of more than 40 of the most celebrated golden-age "name" trains across the nation. Wegman's drawings are accompanied...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 WEGSummary: A history of steam trains from the classic days of the 1920s to the twilight of the 1970s. Includes rides aboard some of America's legendary steamers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.26 WINCook, Richard J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 1974
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.261 COOFloca, Brian.
Summary: Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLOWithuhn, William L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.261 WITBingham, Caroline
Summary: Presents the design and uses of a variety of vehicles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J OVS BinghamBonds, Russell S.
Summary: In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor. -- publishers description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westholme Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.785 BONHurst, Vera J.
Summary: From horse-drawn carts on wheels to flying trains, there is no doubt that trains have become a major force for societal change. Humans have moved goods and themselves from place to place from our earliest times. Creating solutions to these problems have long engaged creative people. This resource explores the remarkable engineering feats that have moved this form of transportation forward into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 625.2 HURKinert, Reed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Superior Pub. Co. 1962
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.261 KINRiley, C. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MetroBooks 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.1 RILSummary: Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading magazine (formerly "Live Steam Magazine") is a magazine is devoted to the live steam hobby as well as to other uses of miniature and full-size steam equipment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.C. Fitt 1970
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 625.2603 GARSummary: Catch an unforgettable glimpse into America's storied past as you ride the rails on these rolling museums of steam and steel. Focus on the history and mechanics of the engines themselves and a bit of local history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Motorbooks International 1996