Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

LeVar explores Amtrak's Coast Starlight train and sees how trains are maintained at the train yard before boarding the Coast Starlight to travel along the California coastline. Viewers tour the engineer's cab, find out what an engineer does, and watch film clips of early trains.

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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express Feature Book:

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

This is a true story of 15 year old Kate who bravely rushed out into a storm and saved two men as well as prevented hundreds of other lives from being lost.

Author: Margaret K. Wetterer
Illustrator: Karen Ritz
Publisher: Lerner Publications

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The Train to Lulu's

The Train to Lulu's

Travel along with Beppy and Babs, sharing their excitement and experiences as they travel alone on the train to their great-aunt's house for summer vacation.

Author: Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Robert Casilla
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could

A little train is carrying an important load, but she can't make it up the mountain. A little blue engine is the only one who is willing to help her. The little blue engine has never been over the mountain before, but she is willing to try. By thinking to herself, "I think I can," the little blue train accomplishes her task just in time!

Author: Watty Piper
Illustrator: George and Doris Hauman
Publisher: Putnam & Grosset

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The Polar Express

The Polar Express

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus. The bell he receives becomes lost on his way home, but it is magically under his family's Christmas tree the next morning. Unfortunately, only those people who truly believe in Christmas can hear the bell's beautiful ring.

Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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