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32 pages colour illustrations Contents: Trains -- All aboard! -- Full steam ahead -- Meet Owney -- Riding the rails -- Passenger trains -- Freight trains Summary: Kids love trains! Especially the old-timey steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos. But what about a super-speeder in Japan that zooms on the track at 361 miles per hour? Or the world's longest freight train, stretching on for a whopping 4.6 miles? Or futuristic railways in the sky? In this Level 1 reader, young readers will discover a whole new way of looking at trains! National Geographic kids National Geographic readers Level 1