When Thomas the Tank Engine decides not to make his usual station stops one day, he learns that faster is not always better.

This book, in graphic novel format, describes the building of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads, two railroads which met at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869.

Rhyming text introduces a variety of trains as they leave a station, rush along the tracks, and arrive at the platform where travelers are waiting.

This book describes how the transcontinental railroad united the nation and made the United States one of the most powerful countries in the world.

Presents information in simple text about different types of trains and how they work.

Readers learn about the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, which connected the Pacific Coast to the Eastern United States.

"For more than 2,000 years people have wanted traveling to be easier. Ancient civilizations built early stone railroads to connect cities. Starting in the 1800s, steam-powered engines began chugging across continents--whisking passengers and freight to their destinations at speeds people had only imagined. In the 1940s, powerful diesel engines replaced steam engines. Diesel engines rely on fossil fuels. They cause air pollution and climate change....

Simple text and photographs introduce learning readers to monorails, how they work, where they travel, and what makes them different from other trains.