The big book of trains
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781465453617
Subjects: Railroad trains; Railroads; Locomotives; Juvenile literature
Description: From the first locomotive built in 1804 to the high-speed bullet train, The Big Book of Trains is the perfect book for kids who love trains. Packed with amazing facts and photographs of trains around the world, The Big Book of Trains covers the history of trains and train travel. Different types of trains are featured on their own spreads, and each page features multiple images to give a close-up view as well as informative text about each train. See the differences among monorails, passenger trains, and TGVs. Learn about pistons, fireboxes, boilers, and coupling rods, and find out exactly what they do to help the train travel down on the tracks.
Notes: Includes index.

PK12 Childrens Plus, Inc.
Table of contents: title: Early steam locomotives; title: American steam locomotives; title: Fast steam locomotives; title: Powerfull steam locomotives; title: Freight trains; title: Long train journeys; title: Channel Tunnel trains Le Shuttle; title: Channel Tunnel trains Eurostar; title: TGVs; title: Bullet trains; title: High-speed passenger trains; title: Mountain trains; title: Monorail; title: Snow trains.