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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Meet Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends from the Island of Sodor, and beyond! Discover amazing facts about more than 100 of your favorite Thomas & Friends characters. See the real-life trains and vehicles that they are based on!
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Spectacular train rides collectors edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What is it about trains that make us feel like kids again? Get in touch with your inner-child with more than 15 hours of spectacular trains in this 18-DVD set! See trains from North America and across Europe. In Colorado and Canada. In Ireland and on the Isle of Wight. Ride the largest operating steam train in the world, the Challenger 3985. Take a trip on the Orient Express. Visit the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse. Stop at...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 29 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a child, David Plowden was given an inexpensive box camera and before long he began to photograph railroad trains. As he matured and started on what would become a lifetime in photography, trains -- specifically steam locomotives -- continued to be one of his passions. But by the beginning of the 1960s they were eclipsed by diesel engines; the steam era had ended. It is our good fortune that Plowden was passionate about trains. For years he photographed...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Spectacular train rides collectors edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What is it about trains that make us feel like kids again? Get in touch with your inner-child with more than 15 hours of spectacular trains in this 18-DVD set! See trains from North America and across Europe. In Colorado and Canada. In Ireland and on the Isle of Wight. Ride the largest operating steam train in the world, the Challenger 3985. Take a trip on the Orient Express. Visit the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse. Stop at...
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archival films cover the history and development of the railroad industry in the United States, from the building of the first transcontinental line to the eventual triumph of diesel over steam.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
" ... Takes you through the railway histories of several countries around the world. It brings to life the extraordinary stories of how each of those countries developed and created their railway networks, bringing you to the situation they are in today ... From Richard Trevithick and John Stevens to the likes of Sir Nigel Gresley and the latest bullet shaped super trains, find out how these giant of locomotive design created machines that astounded...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archival films cover the history and development of the railroad industry in the United States, from the building of the first transcontinental line to the eventual triumph of diesel over steam.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Spectacular train rides collectors edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What is it about trains that make us feel like kids again? Get in touch with your inner-child with more than 15 hours of spectacular trains in this 18-DVD set! See trains from North America and across Europe. In Colorado and Canada. In Ireland and on the Isle of Wight. Ride the largest operating steam train in the world, the Challenger 3985. Take a trip on the Orient Express. Visit the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse. Stop at...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Spectacular train rides collectors edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What is it about trains that make us feel like kids again? Get in touch with your inner-child with more than 15 hours of spectacular trains in this 18-DVD set! See trains from North America and across Europe. In Colorado and Canada. In Ireland and on the Isle of Wight. Ride the largest operating steam train in the world, the Challenger 3985. Take a trip on the Orient Express. Visit the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse. Stop at...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
400L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Steam trains may be what many children picture when they think of trains the rhythmic chugga-chugga of the wheels, the toot-toot of the whistle, and the steam pouring from the smokestack on the trains engine. If your youngsters weren't in love with trains before, they will be once they finish this book.
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