Describes the different cars that make up a train, including those for different kinds of freight and those used by passengers, and explains how trains change directions.

Introduces the history of trains, from the nineteenth-century steam locomotives that bridged the American East and West to the Japanese "pusher" commuter trains and the Scottish train used as the Hogwarts Express in the "Harry Potter" films.

A train engine hauls his cars from the city to the sea, answering questions about what he is pulling, seeing, and hearing along the way.

Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes the sounds of, and uses for, different kinds of trains.

Introduces trains, types, words associated with trains.

A train gets noisier and more crowded as quacking ducks, dancing acrobats, talking yaks, and packs of elephants board.

Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system. Climb aboard a red-striped Commuter Train in the East. Switch to a blue Passenger Train rolling through midwestern farmland. Then hop on a Freight Train, soar over mountains on an Overnight Train, and finish on a High-Speed Train as it races to the West Coast....

"A girl transforms a cafe into a train by making train noises with words"-- Provided by publisher.

A child's bedtime ritual follows the imaginary journey of a goodnight train's trip to the dreamland station.

Engineer Small at the throttle takes the little train on its run from Tiny Town to the big city.