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1) I saw an ant on the railroad track

Author

Prince, Joshua

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English

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Jack, a railroad switchman, frantically tries to save an ant who is heading east on a westbound track, straight into the path of an oncoming freight train.

2) Ties that bind

Author

Pella, Judith

Series

Ribbons west volume 3

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English

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Jordana Baldwin had come to California by stagecoach to help her sister Victoria, but after three years she has grown restless and feels the need to do something different. When her writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the Transcontinental Railroad and to spy for the Central Pacific.

3) Stop, train, stop!: a Thomas the Tank Engine story

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

4) Brewster's little helper

Author

Steele, Michael Anthony

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

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Zephie wants to become Brewster's special helper and help him with his freight deliveries, but when she tries to prove herself worthy of the responsibility Zephie makes mistakes and neglects her own jobs.

5) The railway children

Author

Nesbit, E

Series

Mackin classics
Usborne Illustrated Originals
Collector's editions

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Language

English

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When their father is taken away suddenly, Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are forced to leave London for a simple life in the country. They make new friends and discover the thrill of the railway, eventually unravelling the mystery of his disappearance.

6) Ride the Potato Train

Author

Selig, Josh

Series

Ride the Potato Train
Small potatoes
Penguin young readers. Level 2

Publisher

Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

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Follows the Small Potatoes as they take a ride on the Potato Train to the Potato Fair.

7) Until the last spike: the journal of Sean Sullivan, a Transcontinental Railroad worker

Author

Durbin, William

Series

Dear America
My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

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"It's August 1867 and Sean has just arrived from Chicago, planning to work with his father on the Transcontinental Railroad. Sean must start at the bottom, as a water carrier, toting barrels of it to the thirsty men who are doing the backbreaking work on the line. At night, everyone is usually too tired to do anything but sleep, yet Sundays are free, and Sean discovers the rough and rowdy world of the towns that seem to sprout up from nowhere along...