Railway Adventures and Anecdotes
Title | Railway Adventures and Anecdotes PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Pike |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN |
The Railway Anecdote Book
Title | The Railway Anecdote Book PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1850 |
Genre | Anecdotes |
ISBN |
The Goodnight Train
Title | The Goodnight Train PDF eBook |
Author | June Sobel |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2006-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0547769334 |
All aboard! The sun is down...the Goodnight Train is leaving town! Join the many parents and caregivers who enjoy reading The Goodnight Train again and again and have responded with thousands of 5-star reviews. This is a fun and effective bedtime book that both adults and kids love. Roll that corner, rock that curve, and soar past mermaids, leaping sheep, and even ice-cream clouds... With soothing, lyrical words and magical illustrations, this picture book presents a nighttime fantasy that's guaranteed to make even the most resistant sleeper snuggle up tight. Plus don't miss the companion books: Goodnight Train Rolls On and Santa and the Goodnight Train!
The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told
Title | The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told PDF eBook |
Author | Seth H. Bramson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1625844530 |
All aboard for the history of one of the most audacious and innovative railroad engineering feats in history from the celebrated Floridian author. Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to “the nearest deepwater American port.” In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in United States, and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler’s fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs. Includes photos
Freight Train
Title | Freight Train PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Crews |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 27 |
Release | 2011-08-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062120476 |
In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train passing after reading Freight Train. Donald Crews used childhood memories of trains seen during his travels to his grandparents' farm in the American South as the inspiration for this timeless favorite. New York magazine's The Strategist chose Freight Train as one of the "Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower." As The Strategist stated: "The Caldecott Honor Book is spare and minimal in both art and text and follows the journey of a freight train and all its cars until it rolls off the page and into the distance. It’s a good way to learn all the different names of train cars, too." Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train.
The Canadian National Railways' Story
Title | The Canadian National Railways' Story PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick C. Dorin |
Publisher | Seattle : Superior Publishing Company; Saanichton, B.C. : Hancock House Publishers |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN |
They Call Me George
Title | They Call Me George PDF eBook |
Author | Cecil Foster |
Publisher | Biblioasis |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1771962623 |
A CBC BOOKS MUST-READ NONFICTION BOOK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH Nominated for the Toronto Book Award Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger—yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards—a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense—the so-called Pullmen of the country’s rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better.