Describes the different cars that make up a train, including those for different kinds of freight and those used by passengers, and explains how trains change directions.

An account of the early railroad era in the United States, describing the first trains, progress in train development, the growth of railroad networks, and the contribution of trains to the growth of the country.

A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.

Brief text and illustrations present a variety of trains and what they do.

Describes the world's high speed passenger trains, from steam engines of the 1930s, through modern supertrains powered by electricity, to magnetic levitation trains now being tested.