Agatha Christie's beloved detective does it again! Hercule Poirot solves the murder of a wealthy American socialite by staging an eerie reenactment of the journey with the killer along for the ride. When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up,...

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life -- as she sees it -- is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a...

Introduces railroad travel, including how trains move along rails, the different parts, and how they help people move from place to place.

The Best Train Journeys in the World includes more than 40 train journeys that will appeal to railroad enthusiasts as well as armchair travellers! Each journey provides unusual or unique elements of the train, scenic images, historical and technical notes, a map of the route and practical tips and information.

Explore some of America's most historic and colorful railroads. In V.1. the steam trains of Colorado (Georgetown Loop, Durango and Silverton, Cumbres and Toltecs) are featured in the first segment and in the second, meander through the Old South, including the forests of northern Georgia, as you ride down the tracks from Atlanta to Chattanooga. In V.2. take a scenic western trip from Chicago to Los Angeles and journey from Jacksonville to Miami, Florida....

"A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportation Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship...

Two teens, Hugo and Mae, are strangers until they share a cross-country train trip that teaches them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.

Returning home for Christmas, schoolteacher Lizzie McKettrick brings along her beau, Whitley Carson, but fate has a surprise in store for her when their homebound train is halted by a massive avalanche and she helps Dr. Morgan Shane care for the injured passengers.

"Climb aboard for a delightful voyage to the England Lake District, an area famed for the beauty of its spectacular mountains, lakes and tarns."--Container.

Friendly dinosaurs climb aboard a train to visit different times throughout the prehistoric age, learning about dinosaurs and having fun adventures.