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Author
Series
Postcards from Pullman volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Description
Olivia Mott finds herself juggling two jobs: her assistant chef position at Hotel Florence and her undercover work for the Pullman Rail Car Company. Olivia thinks the suggestions she relays to Pullman's town manager are being used to improve conditions for workers and save the company money, but is something much more sinister happening behind the scenes? Several months have passed since Lady Charlotte fled to Chicago, leaving her infant son in Olivia's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
In the mid-1860s, as the Union Pacific Railroad headed westward from Nebraska, another company, the Central Pacific, pushed eastward from California. Their goal was to meet somewhere in between, forming a single railway line that would bridge the continent. That historic meeting took place in May 1869 in northern Utah, and photographer Andrew J. Russell was there to document the historic event. His work resulted in one of the most important photos...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Stretching across the wild western frontier, the railroad needs guardians like Wells Fargo detective Wolf Stockburn. Known as the Wolf of the Rails, the steely Scotsman is as cold and hard as the tracks he rides -- and those too foolish to fear him will soon lie dead at his feet . . . When train robbers hit the Boot Hill Express -- so called because of all the people riding it who have ended up dead -- with a full head of steam, Wolf Stockburn makes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Transcontinental Railroad in Utah shows the impact of the large number of new arrivals on the population and economy of Utah, as well as the impact of the people of Utah on those newly arrived. This fascinating history includes descriptions and photos of the living conditions, types of work, locations of railroad stations, and interactions with the local populations of the various ethnic and religious groups who arrived in Utah from 1869-1940....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery but the cubs want to learn about the train. With luck, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the train whistle.
Author
Series
Kate Shackleton mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
London, 1929. In the darkness before dawn, a railway porter, unloading a special train from Yorkshire, discovers a man's body, shot and placed in a sack. There are no means of identification to be found and as Scotland Yard hits a dead end, they call on the inimitable Kate Shackleton, a local sleuth, confident her local knowledge and investigative skills will produce results. But it's no easy task.
Suspicion of political intrigue and fears of unrest...
72) Train
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's all aboard for baby's first train book! From the author of Plane, Bus, Ship, and Firefighters A to Z.
Train chugs,
Clickity-clack.
Engine up front,
Caboose in back.
The amazing sights of a train ride through the countryside whiz by in this deceptively simple rhyming book. Little listeners will be mesmerized by this rhythmic, rhyming ride—perfect...
Train chugs,
Clickity-clack.
Engine up front,
Caboose in back.
The amazing sights of a train ride through the countryside whiz by in this deceptively simple rhyming book. Little listeners will be mesmerized by this rhythmic, rhyming ride—perfect...
73) Trains
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From freight carriers to passenger transports, trains have chugged along throughout history. Over time, these traveling machines have advanced and picked up speed. The fastest bullet trains of today zoom around at more than 300 miles per hour! This book will have young readers calling "all aboard!"
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While travelling with her mother cross-country by train in 1896, a young girl unexpectedly shares Thanksgiving dinner with the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy.
77) Trains go
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trains grumble, roar, and squeak their way through this board book.
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A railroad across the United States was once thought to be nearly impossible. The vast expanse from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans had so many obstacles, including towering mountain ranges and broad rivers. However, the 1862 Pacific Railroad Act tasked two railroad companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, with building a transcontinental railroad to link the coasts. How they managed to meet finally in 1869 is the important account
...Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1887, deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again. But his daughter, whom he thought was dead, is trying to find him. Meanwhile, banker turned robber baron Horace Scarsdale has mustered an army of cutthroats and guns for hire to help him build his railroad empire. Drayton, though, plans...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
This richly comprehensive history by a self-proclaimed "low-brow" historian features more than 100 photographs and contemporary prints of America's railway system. Stewart H. Holbrook presents a dramatic, highly readable chronicle of the development of the backbone of the country's commerce and industry. Abounding in episodes of ingenuity and achievement, the growth of the railway system required constant improvements in techniques, devices, and machines,...
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