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Alberta Steam Train Trains: Steaming! Pulling! Huffing! Trains, trains, trains! Giant engines snorting, puffing, steaming, pulling, rushing, huffing! All kinds of trains, from cabooses to hoppers and commuter trains to zoo trains, clickety-clack along the tracks. The mixed-media illustrations using clip art, etchings, original drawings, and maps will remind parents and grandparents of an earlier time. Children will enjoy the collages, puns, and delightful wordplay throughout.
Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman by John W. Orr, Set Up Running tells the story of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, Oscar P. Orr, who operated steam-powered freight and passenger trains throughout Central Pennsylvania and South Central New York. From 1904 to 1949, Orr sat at the controls of many famous steam locomotives; moved trains loaded with coal, perishables, and other freight; and encountered virtually every situation a locomotive engineer of that era could expect to see. John W. (Jack) Orr, Oscar's son, tells his father's story, which begins at the Central Steam Heating Plant in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Oscar operated nearly every kind of steam locomotive the Pennsylvania Railroad owned, working from the bottom of the roster to the top position (number one in seniority). Orr has an ear for detail and a vivid memory. He tells about his father's first encounter with an automobile along the right-of-way, about what it was like to operate a train in a blizzard, and about the difficulties railroadmen encountered in stopping a trainload of tank cars loaded with oil in order to take on water and coal -- among many other stories in the author's large memory bank. This compelling railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present.
Lumberjack Steam Train - The Lumberjack Steam Train (the Laona and Northern Railway) is a heritage railway in Laona, Wisconsin. Train whistle - A train whistle, (sometimes also referred to as a steam trumpet, airchime, or train horn), is a audiable signaling device on a train, locomotive, or the like, which produces a loud sound to warn that a train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers. During the era of steam locomotives, the whistles were steam whistles, arranged to play a minor seventh chord. SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee (C-Train) - SAIT/ACA&D/Jubilee is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station's full name, possibly one of the longest names for a rail transit system ever, is Southern Alberta Institute of Technology/Alberta College of Art and Design/Jubilee Auditorium. The Train (video game) - The Train was the title of a video game released by Accolade in 1988 and themed loosely on the motion picture The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. In the video game, the player assumes the role of a train hijacker who has commandeered a steam train to escape Nazi Germany during World War II. albertasteamtrain |
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