How Trains Work

by Lonely Planet Kids Author Clive Gifford Author, James Gulliver Hancock Illustrator

multiple types of colorful trains parked at a glass-domed train station

In this follow-up to How Cities Work, illustrator James Gulliver Hancock brings trains to life! This life-the-flap, folkd-out book is jam-packed with facts, illustrations, and interactive explanations of how the train as we know it came to be. Cross-country cargo trains, underwater subway systems, and trains that go over 400mph! All of this and more in How Trains Work.