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Author:

Oxlade, Chris, author.

Title:

The way little engines work : how they run, how they're fixed, how they're built / author, Chris Oxlade.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

39 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm

Subject:

Thomas,--the Tank Engine (Fictitious character)
Awdry, W.--Characters.
Locomotives--Juvenile literature.
Steam locomotives--Juvenile literature.
Railroads--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Allcroft, Britt, creator.
Awdry, W. Railway series.

Other Titles:

Thomas & friends (Television program)

Notes:

"Based on the Railway series by the Reverend W. Awdry"--Title page verso. "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends created by Britt Allcroft"--Back cover. Originally published in hardcover and in different form as Thomas the Tank Engine owners' workshop manual by Haynes Publishing.

Summary:

Fabulous cutaway drawings of Thomas and some of his friends. Illustrated guides including 'How a steam engine works' and 'Driving Thomas'. Fascinating facts about the other engines, trucks and carriages of Sodor. How railways work, including tracks, points, signals. Old and new engines: a potted history of railway engines from the first steam to the modern express trains. Thomas's Really Useful Words: an illustrated glossary of train words.

Series:

Thomas & friends

ISBN:

1524720755 (hardcover)
9781524720759 (hardcover)

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)