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Trains and Railroads by Sydney Wood See and Explore Library Hard Cover
Trains and Railroads by Sydney Wood
Hard Cover
64 pages
Copyright 1992
CONTENTS
4 The Railroad Revolution
6 The First Trains
8 The Age Of Steam
10 Men At Work
12 A Change Of Gauge
14 People Travel
16 Heading West
18 Under Attack
20 Coast To Coast
24 The Circus Is Coming
26 Heavy Work
28 Strange Trains
30 The Age Of Romance
34 A Power Race
36 Last Gasp
38 Up Front
40 The Train Now Boarding...
42 En Route
46 City Travel
48 Going Underground
50 Tunnels And Tunneling
52 Overcoming Obstacles
56 Moving Goods
58 Going For A Ride
60 At Top Speed
62 Down The Line
64 Index
ON THE BACK COVER
In the nineteenth century, a revolution dramatically changed the lives of ordinary people. The invention of steam power led to the development of the steam railroad engine. Suddenly it was possible to cross continents and move heavy goods, clothing, and fresh food long distances. People could take short visits to the seashore or make business trips from city to city. The age of the train had arrived.
Steam power was followed, in the twentieth century, by diesel and electric power. The trains of today travel overland, underground, and even through the air on monorails. Travel by train is becoming ever faster, cleaner, and more comfortable. Trains and Railroads takes young readers on a journey through the past fifty years, powerfully illustrating the extraordinary impact of railroads on millions of people.
Sydney Wood lectures in history and is a writer of information books for children and young adults. He has written more than twenty books on a wide range of historical topics.
See & Explore Library is an original and wide-ranging series of reference books, each of which is a wealth of information and color illustrations. Every topic in the series has been carefully chosen not only to appeal to young people's interests and enthusiasms, but also to stimulate them to find out more about the world in which they live.
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