Trains

A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicles that usually runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers. Motive power is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Although historically steam propulsion dominated, the most common modern forms are diesel and electric locomotives, the latter supplied by overhead wires or additional rails. Other energy sources include horses, engine or water-driven rope or wire winch, gravity, pneumatics, batteries, and gas turbines. Train tracks usually consist of two running rail ...more

6:40 to Montreal
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
Five Found Dead
The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5)
Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train
Paris-Briançon
Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas!
Predatory Natures
The Main Character
The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6)
Danger at Dead Man's Pass (Adventures on Trains, #4)
Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3)
The Golden Swift (The Silver Arrow, #2)
Death on the Caldera
Peaces
Freight Train
The Little Engine That Could
Locomotive
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Steam Train, Dream Train
Two Little Trains: A Soft, Beautifully Illustrated Picture Book About a Journey West for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Shark vs. Train
The Girl on the Train
How to Train a Train
The Polar Express
I Love Trains!: A Delightful Story About a Young Boy Who Loves Trains for Children (Ages 3-6)
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
Train
Journey to the West by Biao  WangDark Skies by David HaldaneKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Memoirs I've Loved III
41 books — 26 voters
The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian WolmarEmpire Express by David Haward BainRailroads Across North America by Claude WiatrowskiModel Railway Men by Ray PopeThe Texas Railroad by Wayne  Cline
A Railfan's List
67 books — 5 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie4 by Agatha ChristieBeware of the Trains by Edmund CrispinDeath on the Last Train by George BellairsMurder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
Murder on the Tracks
25 books — 3 voters
Freight Train by Donald CrewsThe Star by Michele BrezaLittle Blue Truck by Alice SchertleDragons Love Tacos by Adam RubinTale of a Tadpole by Barbara Ann Porte
Preschool-'T'
8 books — 5 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by RowlingThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena  ArmasJust Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
Vehicles on the Cover
376 books — 39 voters
Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. AmbroseExploring Britain's Lost Railways by Julian HollandUnderground  Overground by Andrew   MartinEleven Minutes Late by Matthew EngelFire & Steam by Christian Wolmar
Books about railways
184 books — 24 voters


Michael Buckley
Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?" Hiding, I guess." Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you." Ms. Smirt shrieked. Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun." He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her? ...more
Michael Buckley, The Everafter War

Russell Baker
A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it. ...more
Russell Baker

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