21st-Century Trains

by Vera J. Hurst

Overview

From horse-drawn carts on wheels to flying trains, there is no doubt that trains have become a major force for societal change. Humans have moved goods and themselves from place to place from our earliest times. Creating solutions to these problems have long engaged creative people. This resource explores the remarkable engineering feats that have moved this form of transportation forward into the twenty-first century. Contrasting the past with the present, budding engineers will see how they, too, may use engineering principles to discover, create and engineer the new trains of the future by building upon the past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780766097094
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/30/2018
Series:	Feats of 21st-Century Engineering Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

1 From Horse-Drawn Carts to Electric Trains 7

2 All Aboard! 15

3 Magnets and More 21

4 Riding the Rails 29

5 Hyperloop to Flying Trains: What's Next? 36

Chronology 43

Bibliography 45

Glossary 46

Further Reading 47

Index 48