"Chronicles the historic meeting of two railroad lines in 1869 that linked the U.S. transcontinental railroad and Andrew J. Russell's famous photograph of the event"--

From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work. Brilliant period and contemporary photographs convey the drama of the enterprise: the very long-and...

Presents information about trains and railroads, including the history of railroads, different types of trains, and famous trains.

Thomas the Tank Engine races Gordon, an engine that is bigger than Thomas.

When a new speedy train challenges Huff and Puff to a race, the caboose and engine must find out if slow and steady can win the race.

Presents a children's rhyming book for early readers that describes the characteristics of various kinds of trains.

Thomas the train engine thinks that all the other engines are too busy to help him celebrate his birthday, but he is in for a surprise.

A spoof of every cliché in the western film genre, telling the story of an African American sheriff who is sent to clean up a frontier town, with unpredictable results.