Frank Carlson Library

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

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

Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West.

James, a red train engine, tries to get rid of a group of bees that are plaguing him.

Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there.

Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.

In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed with a caring family.

Embarking on a train trip to visit his grandmother, Pete the Cat accompanies the conductor on a tour of the train, looks at the engine, and blows the whistle while making new friends and playing train-themed games.

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

Loco for locomotives? Get your ticket ready - here is everything you need to know about finding, keeping and training your very own pet train. Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, or even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody's taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train whistle to the squeal of a guinea pig? Or maybe dream...