How Do Trains Work?

How Do Trains Work?
Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467796883

Trains are long and loud. They rumble down railroad tracks. But what are the different types of trains? And how do these giant vehicles haul so much weight? Read this book to find out! Learn about how different vehicles work in the How Vehicles Work series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Trains at Work

Trains at Work
Author: Richard Ammon
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Depicts what railworkers do and how trains run and carry products, specifically chocolate products, all over the country.

How Trains Work

How Trains Work
Author: Clive Gifford
Publisher: Lonely Planet Kids
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Lift-the-flap books
ISBN: 9781788683272

From the fastest to the longest, the oldest to the newest, through tunnels and up mountains, take a fascinating ride through the world of trains in this brilliant new book from illustrator James Gulliver Hancock.

All Aboard! How Trains Work

All Aboard! How Trains Work
Author: Jennifer Prior
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-12-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781433336560

Introduces trains, discussing how they work, the history of railroad transportation, and working on a train.

Trains

Trains
Author: Clint Twist
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Pop-up books
ISBN: 9781405491389

A conductor describes how an electric train engine works and an engineer explains how to operate a train, in a book where readers can lift the flaps and pull the tabs to reveal objects such as an electric motor and the engineer's cab.

See Inside Trains

See Inside Trains
Author: Emily Bone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781409549932

Trains hold a fascination for just about anybody, and this lift-the-flap history of locomotion tells it all, from Stephenson's Rocket to the bullet trains of today.

The Big Book of Trains

The Big Book of Trains
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465462147

From the first locomotive built in 1804 to the high-speed bullet train, The Big Book of Trains is the perfect ebook for kids who love trains. Includes 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. See key features of each train model and discover the difference between steam trains and diesels. Find out how trains are designed for certain jobs and tasks, including mountain trains, snow trains, and freight trains. Look at the biggest and fastest trains in the world. With incredible pictures and informative text, The Big Book of Trains is the essential ebook for young readers who want to know everything about trains.

Richard Scarry's Boats

Richard Scarry's Boats
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Golden Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385392699

Hit the high seas with this board book featuring Richard Scarry's fast and fun boats! From motorboats and sailboats, to submarines and kayaks, little sailors will be eager to cruise through these adventurous pages! Be sure and look for these other Richard Scarry vehicle board books: Cars (available 1/6/15) Trucks (available 1/6/15) Boats (available 7/14/15)

Trains at Work

Trains at Work
Author: Mary Elting
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1958
Genre: Railroad trains
ISBN:

Stories of many different kinds of locomotives, trains, and special cars and how engineers, brakemen, and signalmen work.