Book
Train / written by John Coiley.
Record details
- ISBN: 0744056446
- ISBN: 9780744056440
- Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 29 cm.
- Edition: Revised edition, American edition, New edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | At head of title: Eyewitness. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes Internet addresses and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 22.99 |
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| Subject: | Railroads > Juvenile literature. Railroads > History > Juvenile literature. Railroad trains > Juvenile literature. |
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