Susan E Goodman - Trains!

Acknowledgments: Thanks to designers Francisco Lupin and Priestmangoode for their incredible designs for future trains, Chris Whitten of Interesting.com for the old-time train illustration, Ghislain Gerard for access to his extensive archive of train pictures, the Canadian Pacific Railway for its excellent photo archive, and Jennifer Jo and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. And, finally, thanks to Georgia for putting up with having her picture taken so many times in a small sleeping car, coming home from Chicago. Text copyright 2012 by Susan E. Goodman
Interior photographs, except where otherwise credited, copyright 2012 by Michael J. Doolittle All rights reserved.
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Goodman, Susan E.
Trains! / by Susan E. Goodman; photographs taken and selected by Michael J. Doolittle.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-375-98345-0
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Doolittle, Michael J. II. Title.
TF148.G66 2012 625.2dc22 2011002910 Random House Childrens Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. v3.1 To Jeff Fine, who understands the beauty and mystery of train tracks
S.E.G.To Brooks
M.J.D.

Hop on a train. They are a great way to travel. Old trains are fun too. Old trains are fun too.

They click-clack on old tracks. They let you pretend you are living long ago. New or old, trains are an adventure. This trains name is the Jacobite. Mostly it takes people home or to work. It passes lakes.

It crosses bridges. Other times, its a movie star! It plays the Hogwarts Express. It takes Harry Potter and his friends to school. Whats the best thing about a train ride? Sometimes its what you see outside your window. This trip has great scenery. Sadly, there are no passengers to see it.

The train is coming from a mine. It is carrying salt to a factory. But the crew can enjoy the view! The best thing about a trip may be the train itself. Trains can be hotels in motion! You can rent your own room. It is very small. But you have everything you need.

You can read. You can wash up. You can get a good nights sleep! The restaurant car serves meals all day long! Trains are an adventure.

In 1829 George Stephenson built the first modern locomotive. He called it the Rocket. It raced about 35 miles an hour! Its speed changed the world.

Stagecoaches took four days to travel 150 miles. Trains took only four hours. The Age of the Railroad began. Soon trains were running all over the world. Early trains ran on steam power. Engines burned coal to boil water.

The water turned to steam. The steam built up and pushed parts of the engine. These parts moved and turned the wheels. Here are the parts of a steam train: By 1860 the eastern United States had many railroads. But the country needed one to go from coast to coast. In 1863 work began in the West.

Workers built bridges over rivers. They blasted through mountains. In 1869 two engines faced each other in Utah. One had traveled from the East. The other came from the West. One last rail would connect all the tracks.

Workers hammered it in with a spike of solid gold! Trains carried cargo and people. Some even carried queens! Queen Victoria of England had her own train. It was the first one to have a bathroom in it!