"Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. Together they can haul a lot. Big stuff, small stuff, they've got it all! But what happens when the best friends realize that they're stuck with too much stuff? Farmer Fluff has just the solution! Simple rhyme and easy-to-read verse will help beginning readers and train lovers build their vocabulary and strengthen reading skills."--Book jacket.

When a speedy train challenges Huff and Puff to a race, the caboose and engine must find out it slow and steady can win the race.

Traveling along the rails with his engine buddy, Huff, a little caboose named Puff clicks and clacks endlessly until the day that the friends decide to switch places, with unexpected results.

Includes the American Freedom train, 1930's streamliners, the aquarium in Maui, a Grand Prix race, the Toy Train Hall of Fame, the Sugar Train in Hawaii, the Challenger, and Big Boy.

Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam locomotive powering through that era of railroad history. All the photographs in this book recreate that original style, capturing the bygone age of steam rail against the settings of its heyday, including period architecture and other details.

"In the late 1890s, the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Railways had a firm grip on all West Coast rail traffic. In 1905, Milwaukee Road officials voted to extend the line into Seattle, securing Pacific Coast markets. As the Milwaukee built into Montana, numerous obstacles emerged; frigid winter temperatures and steep mountain grades challenged steam-powered operations. In the early 1910s, electric locomotives became a viable alternative...

A kindergarten-level introduction to light rails, covering their drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their pantographs.

First stop is the Pacific Northwest to see the amazing collection and layout of David Dansky, who operates and collects all makes of Prewar and Postwar trains. Next stop is Seattle where Bill Spaulding custom-painted Lionel Postwar originals in authentic Northern Pacific colors. Lionel's model of the Southern Pacific's GS4 Daylight is compared to the real GS4 Daylight, one of the most beautiful steam locomotives ever made. Norm Charbonneau gives...