Train Song Author:Diane Siebert, Mike Wimmer (Illustrator) From boxcars to diners, from rural towns to city stations, the intriguing world of trains is evoked in this stunningly illustrated poem. As with Heartland and Truck Song , Siebert does not tell a story so much as present stunning images: the "great trains / freight trains / talk about your late trains / the 509 / right on time / straight th... more »rough to L.A." roar through tunnels and across the countryside.
Here is the song of the train. Listen as it rushes past big cities and small towns. Listen as it sweeps through forests and fields and into tunnels. Hear the whistle wailing, brakes squealing, wheels rolling, r-o-l-l-i-n-g, stop. Now the train is homeward bound. All aboard!« less