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1) Train
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A picture-packed guide to the fascinating story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the "father of the railroad," materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the American railroad contributed to the development and progress in the US and facilitated the spread of population...
2) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
3) Mailing May
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.
4) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled West on the transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.
10) Trains
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the history, varieties, and uses of trains.
12) Caboose mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The adventures of the Alden family as they ride across country in a caboose that has a strange history--or is it a mystery?
13) Trains Go
Author
Formats
Description
Trains grumble, roar, and squeak their way through this board book. On board pages.
Trains grumble, roar, and squeak their way through this board book.
15) The U. P. trail
Author
Description
A young surveyor dreams of helping complete the Union Pacific railroad and marrying the pretty girl he rescued from the Sioux.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Public involvement is a key component to developing an effective Statewide Transportation Plan for Colorado. The information gained from partnering with stakeholders and meeting with interested parties and the general public is used by CDOT to craft informed solutions to transportation issues.