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2) Mailing May
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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.
7) Tracks
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
When Albert breaks his glasses while supervising the laying of the railroad tracks between two towns, he becomes responsible for one of the most exciting rides that the townspeople have ever had.
8) Casey Jones
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhythmic text tell how the famous engineer, Casey Jones, risks his own life to save others.
9) Night train
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text presents a nighttime train ride through the countryside, with lightning on the tracks, rattling cars, and the welcoming lights of the station at the end of the journey.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While spearheading a stage line from Gallup to the Colorado River, U.S. Marshal Chet Byrnes becomes the target of a mysterious Texas gambler who does not like Chet’s idea of progress and wants to bury him under a storm of bullets.
13) Killer take all
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who’ve staked their futures here, it’s a land of opportunity. That’s why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Freemantle wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan—at first. Duff begins to suspect that Freemantle...
14) Koko on call
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Twiga the giraffe is having a baby! Can Koko find her way to the doctor's house in time?"--P. [4] of cover.
15) The last rail
Author
Series
Publisher
Soundprints
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
While on a field trip to the National Museum of American History, nine-year-old Lucy imagines herself as Andrew Russell, taking a picture of the joining of the Central and Union Pacific Railroads at Promitory Summit, Utah, in 1869.
16) The waste lands
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Several months have passed since The Drawing of the Three, and Roland's two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta's two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who -- in Roland's world -- has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same...
19) A new friend
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Buddy the Tyrannosauraus Rex makes a new friend.
All aboard! Buddy the T. rex makes a new friend.
Author
Series
Adventures on the American frontier volume 3
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the ceremonies to mark the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, gunmen hide a mysterious package at the Hopewell's bakery, which nearly causes the family to lose their business until they discover that God has had an exciting plan for them all along.