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Books in the Trains genre:

Little Old Automobile (1948)

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A naughty little automobile drives down the road and runs over anything that stands in its way, until it meets a train. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets

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Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel (1948)

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Nicholas and his friend help save the train when the engineer and fireman are laid low by poisoned tea.

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Train Stories (1949)

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A collection of four original stories about trains.

Author(s): Robert Garfield
Jessie M. Knittle
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Two Little Trains (1949)

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Two little trains, going to the west.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Jean Charlot

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The Train to Timbuctoo (1951)

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A Big train and a Little train travel from Kalamazoo to Timbuctoo. Later editions are shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Art Seiden

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The Little Red Caboose (1953)

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The little red caboose saves the train when the engine cannot make it to the top of the mountain. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marian Potter
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Forest of Boland Light Railway (1955)

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The forest gnomes build a railway to take them from their village to their gold mine.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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Whistle for the Train (1956)

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One-by-one the animals and people cross in front of the little train.

Author(s): Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

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The Railway Children (1957)

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When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Lynton Lamb

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Train Stories (1958)

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An omnibus volume including Tootle, The Train to Timbuctoo and The Little Red Caboose.... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Gertrude Crampton
Marian Potter
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely
Art Seiden

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Upside-Down Town (1958)

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As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.

Author(s): F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel (1959)

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Nicholas and his friend save the train when the engineer and the fireman are laid low by poisoned tea.

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Long Trains Roll (1965)

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Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Mr. Puffer-Bill: Train Engineer (1965)

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Mr. Puffer-Bill can’t find just the right hat.

Author(s): Leone Arlandson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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My Golden Go Go Library (1967)

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A set of four books: Boats, Cars, Planes and Trains.... View More

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Trains (1967)

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A collection of pictures of trains.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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My Big Golden Book of Words and Stories (1971)

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This compendium includes My First Golden Dictionary, The Little Red Caboose and Three Bedtime Stories.... View More

Author(s): Edith Osswald
Marian Potter
Mary Reed
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
Garth Williams

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Richard Scarry’s Going Places (1971)

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This compendium includes Busy, Busy World, and Cars and Trucks, and My Golden Go Go Library, and Hop Aboard! Here We Go!... View More

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Adventures of Captain William Walrus (1972)

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A ship’s crew searches for underwater treasure and deals with a runaway locomotive.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Enzo Giannini

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The Little Train (1973)

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As little engines are wont to do, the Little Train yearns for a wider scope of action and sets out for the big city. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Greene
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Three Best Loved Tales (1974)

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This compilation includes Tootle, The Happy Man and His Dump Truck and Scuffy the Tugboat.... View More

Author(s): Gertrude Crampton
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Underground (1976)

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A look below the surface at the foundations and infrastructure of a modern city.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

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Traces of the Past: A Field Guide to Industrial Archaeology (1980)

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Explains the history and engineering of the infrastructure of our country.

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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Windmills, Bridges, & Old Machines (1982)

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An exploration of the history of engineering in the public landscape.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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Superpower (1987)

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The story of the building of #1070, prototype locomotive of the Berkshire class 2-8-4 by the Lima Locomotive Works.

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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Trains, Boats and Trucks (1987)

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An omnibus containing Tootle, and Scuffy the Tugboat, and Cars and Trucks, and Fire Engines.... View More

Author(s): Gertrude Crampton
Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry

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Richard Scarry’s Trains (1991)

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Try to find Goldbug among the pictures of trains.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Ghost Train (1992)

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Three skeletons have fun when they take a train ride one dark, dark night--until something scares them. We count 31 unnumbered pages. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): André Amstutz

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The Sunday Outing (1994)

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Ernestine finally gets to ride on the train to visit her relations in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Author(s): Gloria Jean Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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Richard Scarry’s Longest Book Ever! (1995)

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Bananas Gorilla is looking for his shipment of bananas on the train.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Master Track’s Train (1997)

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Master Track is adopted as a baby when he is found by Mr. and Mrs. Track on a railway station platform. Little do they realize that he's going to grow up to be a hero and rescue a train that's been stolen by Mr Creep the Crook and his family. Read on... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): André Amstutz

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Locomotive: Building an Eight-Wheeler (1999)

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The construction of a 4-4-0 from draftsman to delivery.

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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Two Little Trains (2001)

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Two little trains, going to the west.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Diane Dillon
Leo Dillon

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The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America (2004)

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A British steam engine is brought to America and adapted for local conditions. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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A Subway for New York (2005)

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How they built the first subway in New York City.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

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