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Train
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Title
Train / written by John Coiley ; [special photography, Mike Dunning].
ISBN
0679816844
9780679816843
0679916849
9780679916840
Edition
1st American ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1992.
Physical Description
63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4055: Sticker on cover: "$15.00 U.S. PEEL OFF". From the library of Leonard S. Marcus.
Notes
Number line: "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on title page verso indicates 1st printing.
"A Dorling Kindersley book"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Summary
Traces the development of railways from the first Babylonian rutways to the electromagnetic, driverless trains of today and describes how trains are built and operated.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 28, 2020
Series
Eyewitness books
Contents
What is a train?
The first railroads
Dawn of the steam age
Steam engines come of age
How steam locomotives work
Railroads reach the world
The American railroad
Building a railroad
Overcoming obstacles
Making tracks
Freight trains
First, second, and third class
Traveling in style
In the signal tower
Following the signs
Post haste
Electric trains
Diesel power
Long distance by train
Royal trains
Record breakers
At the station
Running the railroad
Still in steam
All decked out
Traveling underground
Up in the air
Trains for fun
Into the future.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Juvenile works.
Juvenile literature.
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