Download or read book Freight Trains in Action written by Adele Richardson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You hear a long whistle in the distance. Then the ground seems to shake a bit. Here comes a freight train! Freight trains carry cargo from one place to another. Learn more about these exciting vehicles in Freight Trains in Action.
Download or read book Freight Trains in Action written by Adele Richardson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what freight trains are, their history, their different parts, and how they work.
Download or read book Freight Trains written by Darlene R. Stille and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large text and color photos explain the function of freight trains.
Download or read book Freight Trains written by Christina Leighton and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average freight car can hold 200,000 pounds. This is equal to the weight of 15 male bush elephants! Early readers will be impressed by the powerful freight trains in this book moving heavy loads of food, coal, oil, and more!
Download or read book Transportation Zone written by Lori Polydoros and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckle in and take a ride in some cool vehicles Whether hauling goods down the highway or flying to the rescue of those in danger, each vehicle has a unique purpose. Enter the Transportation Zone to learn the history of each car, truck, train, or helicopter and how it works.
Download or read book The American Freight Train written by Jim Boyd and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photohistory examines the use of trains as freight haulers over the course of one and a half centuries. Depicts and explains the evolution of boxcars, flatcars, hoppers, refrigerator cars, tanks cars, ore jennies, auto-rack transports and more.
Download or read book Hopping Freight Trains in America written by Duffy Littlejohn and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming mix of how-to, RR love and operation. Short of the "bible," Armstong's The Railroad--What It Is..., this is the best work on the history, development, use and function of track, rolling stock, signals that we've found outside the textbooks. Jargon is explained (including a 45 p. glossary). Fine, fun, informative book. Published by Sand River Press, 1319 14th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The Complete Book of North American Railroading written by Kevin EuDaly and published by Crestline Books. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Download or read book Railroads at Work written by Association of American Railroads and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Populäre Eisenbahnliteratur.
Download or read book Development of a system to display and record slack action in freight trains written by J. D. Vrabel and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Show Me Katy written by Michael A. Landis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, colorful look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Katy" Railroad's route linking Parsons, Kansas with Sedalia, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Also included are lines to El Dorado Springs; Moberly; Columbia; and Kansas City. With a special emphasis on the 1970s and 1980s, the book features more than 350 train photographs; detailed maps; and interviews with former employees. A town-by-town rundown highlights points of interest along the corridor, most of which became the Katy Trail State Park.
Download or read book Freight Terminals and Trains written by John Albert Droege and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freight Train Cars written by Mike Schafer and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of railway enthusiasts and modelers, freight carriers are every bit as technically involved and evocative as engines and cabooses. This color gallery pictures and describes, well, a trainload of "rolling stock" -- boxcars, flatcars, hoppers, gondolas, tank cars, auto-rack transports and others -- representing a variety of railways in action around the nation. Engines may provide the power and cabooses the sentimetal value, but without that which comes in between, both are moot.
Download or read book Development of a System to Display and Record Slack Action in Freight Trains written by J. D. Vrabel and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freight Terminals and Trains written by John Albert Droege and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Santa Fe Railway written by Steve Glischinski and published by MBI Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening historical overview of the world's most famous railway. Archival color photography captures the nostalgia of the locomotives, rolling stock, and scenic routes.
Download or read book Trains on the Go written by Anne J. Spaight and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how trains work and what they do. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.
