Product Overview
Train lovers of all ages will appreciate these ready-to-color illustrations of historic railroad engines. The collection ranges from the groundbreaking steam-powered locomotives that appeared in the early 1800s ?? and helped usher in the Industrial Revolution ?? to today's sleek Acela Express, the first electrified high-speed train to operate in the United States.
Models include Trenithick's Locomotive (1803??04), the first steam locomotive to run on rails; the English Stourbridge Lion (1829), the first steam-powered railroad engine to be used in America; the versatile General (1852); the streamlined Broadway Limited (1914); Britain's famous passenger train, the Flying Scotsman (1922); The Rocket (1937) of the Rock Island Line; the innovative diesel-electric locomotive, The Super Chief (1946); Japan's high-speed Bullet train (1964); and the even-faster TGV ( Le Train Grande Vitesse [1981]) of France, which can reach speeds of up to 195 miles per hour. Each of the 44 illustrations is accompanied by an informative caption.
