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The Little Red Caboose

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Marian Potter - 1953

All aboard! This classic Little Golden Book, originally published in 1953, tells the tale of a charming red caboose who wants nothing more than to be as popular as the big steam engine at the front of the train.

Boys and girls will love the inspiring tale and the colorful illustrations by Tibor Gergely.

Rackety-Boom

Betty Ren Wright - 1953

"Rackety-Boom is an old blue truck, the knd of a truck that might get stuck" and so begins this charming rhyming story of an old blue truck..

"Rackety-Boom is an old blue truck, the knd of a truck that might get stuck" and so begins this charming rhyming story of an old blue truck.

Treasury of Railroad Folklore: The Stories, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads and Songs of the American Railroad Man

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B.A. Botkin - 1953

The Animals' Train Ride

Miriam Clark Potter - 1953

Scoot and Skedaddle, two little squirrels who live on Animal Hill, take a ride on a tiny train with a tiny, rattly engine.