Trains and railways books
Trains and railways books to start from. Open one to see books like it, or tell BookSense what you loved for four picks made for you.
Start here
New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Great Railway Bazaar
Paul TherouxA travel book that follows a trip by train across Asia and Europe, and shaped later travel writing that uses rail journeys as its frame.
The Railway Children
Edith NesbitA children's novel set around a railway line in England, and one of the best-known early railway stories in fiction.
The Three Railway Engines
Reverend W. AwdryThe first book of the Railway Series, which introduced Thomas the Tank Engine and set the template for a long-running series about engines and their branch lines.
Locomotive
Brian FlocaA picture book about a 19th-century transcontinental steam locomotive, with detailed illustration and text. It won the Caldecott Medal in 2014.
Nothing Like It In The World
Stephen E. AmbroseA popular history of the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, covering the engineering, labour and politics involved.
Chosen and described with AI from our notes on the genre.
More trains and railways books
- Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Ghost Train to the Eastern StarPaul Theroux - Under the Window
Under the WindowKate Greenaway - The First Tycoon
The First TycoonT. J. Stiles - Railway Signalling & InterlockingRailway Signalling & InterlockingEnrico Anders
- [Relief of Josiah George Jennings.]
[Relief of Josiah George Jennings.]United States Congress Senate Committee on Patents1858 - A dictionary of the English language
A dictionary of the English languageSamuel Johnson1747 - World History for Dummies
World History for DummiesPeter Haugen2001 - Repair manual for Marx "O" gauge electric locomotives and ac
Repair manual for Marx "O" gauge electric locomotives and accessoriesJulio del Castillo1994 - Ever His Bride
Ever His BrideLinda Needham1997 - Unseen rain
Unseen rainRumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī)1952 - Railroad accident reportRailroad accident reportUnited States National Transportation Safety Board.1975
- Route surveying and design
Route surveying and designCarl F. Meyer1969