In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed with a caring family.

Presents a board book with simple text and lift-the-flap illustrations introducing children to colors as they follow a freight train through tunnels, over bridges, and by cities until it's gone.

"Everything has a price...Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything--or anyone--is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife--and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love--the one thing he can't give. Everything except her... Severin is...

Fifteen-year-old Chinese Tam Ling Fan poses as her deceased brother Jing to take a job as a laborer on the transcontinental railroad in 1867 America. She hopes to secure enough money to free her jailed father who was falsely accused of treason. However, Tam underestimates how hard and dangerous the work is, and uses everything in her power to keep her secret and survive the racism around her.

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

While the sheriff is away, crooked, businessman Malachi Wilks and his stegosaurus workers try to build a railroad through Trihorn Valley, with only Josh and his friends standing in his way.