"The collection of three previously published volumes presents the history of locomotives from early steam power through today's massive diesel-electric models. Illustrated with 700 photographs accompanied by in-depth, informative captions"-Provided by publisher.

Merrill, Wisconsin, was among the earliest cities in Wisconsin to use electrically powered street cars. This book tells the history of the privately owned Merrill Railway and Lighting Company, which operated a 1 5/8 mile trolley line from 1890 until 1921, including one of the first 'trackless trolleys' in the U.S.

Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.