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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Place a hold to request this item.Hill, Eric
Summary: Spot and Grandma have been on a day trip, and now it's time to take the train home. What will they see on the journey? This delightful story featuring the much-loved Spot is a perfect introduction to new experiences like riding the train.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frederick Warne, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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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 KEEKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: City Train needs a little help to get started.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kalmbach Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 625.261 DRURivers, A. J.
Summary: "On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone's life on board the deadly express?"-- Page [4] of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRoss, 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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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 ROSSolomon, Brian
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 SOLKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Engine is looking for Passenger Car, and all his other car friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Excitement spreads across Sodor with the arrival of a new and unusual engine. Worrying they'll be replaced by the fast and modern Hugo; the engines fail to be good friends by not making him feel welcome. When they stop to listen, they realize that Hugo is a very special engine who truly belongs on the rails. Elsewhere things get spooky when the engines see a ghost train and Percy goes on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV THOSummary: 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 SMIRivers, A. J.
Summary: "Catch me. The words that taunted FBI Agent Emma Griffin on the blood-soaked train ride from Sherwood continue to follow her."-- Page [4] of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: [A.J. Rivers] 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVGraham-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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.361 RAIBartlett, Craig
Summary: Join Buddy and the Pteranodon family as they go on a series of new adventures under the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DINWinkowski, Fred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.26 WINSummary: All aboard for a wild ride on the Island of Sodor as Thomas and his engine friends deliver some Curious Cargo, from giraffes and cows to birds and bunnies and more! Thomas meets a tall challenge while taking a giraffe to the Sodor Wildlife Center, Percy learns to be gentle with the animals of Sodor, and Belle and Toby discover the importance of listening to others. Join Thomas on his wildest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Lionsgate 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Thomas 2012Summary: In this exciting collection of new Chuggington adventures, Koko is thrilled to be spending the day training with Daley the express courier. Together they pick up and deliver important packages all around Chuggington, frequenting the bustling docks where Skipper Stu is unloading and loading ships. Through one adventure after another, Koko and Skipper Stu both learn the importance of patience,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CHUSummary: 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: Image/Madacy Home Entertainment 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 1974