Product details
- ISBN 9781409524571
- Weight: 180g
- Dimensions: 156 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2011
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What's it like to drive a train? How are railway tunnels built? How do trains go up hill? This fantastic book for young readers has all the answers and more.
With simple, easy-reading text, bright illustrations and fascinating photographs.
Chapters in this book include:
- Train travel
- People carrier
- Moving goods
- Making tracks
- Flat track
- Driving a train
- Train control
- Running on steam
- Diesel engines
- Electric trains
- In the city
- High-speed travel
- Going up
- Going the distance
Emily Bone grew up among the rolling hills of Hampshire, writing stories about the ants and birds in her garden. After studying English at Cambridge, she found her dream job at Usborne in 2007. Since then, she's written about many weird and wonderful creatures, along with books on space, fashion and food.
