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"Excellent stuff for budding engineers - and for parents fearing tricky questions. Financial Times Brilliant! I love the technical bits and the story is great too. Keep writing them... William, Age 9 With Christmas coming up this would be the ideal gift for the youngster with an interest in trains or one who has a practical mind. Readers of the previous two will love it. Thoroughly recommended. Australian Model Engineer Magazine I love your book and read it to my mum every night. Christopher J, age 7"
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This is book 3 in the series. Peter and his Grandpa have built a miniature steam railway across their farm, linking their houses. It is a scenic journey, crossing fields, woodland and running beside a river. In this third book they extend the line to Yockletts Village. They tell Grandma the extension is for her to go shopping, but they have a secret plan to run trains at high speed. Along the way the two heroes discover a long forgotten traction engine which they put back to work and Grandma has a hair-raising escape. To celebrate the opening of the new line, The Great Train Race is organised with lots of visiting locomotives. Who will win? As in the previous books, the technical information and diagrams are at the end of relevant chapters, explaining how railways and engines work. Some of the drawings are familiar from the first two books, but the science and engineering explored is different. If the reader has enjoyed the technical information in books one and two, they will find this book takes them further.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For all those train mad boys who have grown up with a certain blue engine, this is an excellent read. My boys loved the story and the diagrams are very informative. More of the same please!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is one of a delightful series of books which have become "must buys" for our grandson since he was 6 years old. The story lines and illustrations are excellent and the level of interest is maintained by the inclusion of technical information written in a way that a young child can understand.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
With a house full of boys (young and old!) who are fanatical about steam railways, these story books are a particular godsend. The stories are fun, the illustrations are wonderful but the added extras of all the technical information make them very special indeed. For anyone who has a love of "how to" this book is a gem, as are all the books in this marvellous series. You can learn a huge amount from them about engineering and it is presented in such an enjoyable format. You get thoroughly involved with young Peter and the narrow gauge railway he builds with his Grandpa and all the other adventures. I particularly liked the extra carriage they put on the train named the GW which Granny thought meant something terribly grand relating to The Great Western Railway, but it turned out to be a carriage for her named the Granny Wagon! These books are delightful. Buy, read, enjoy and read them again! Ones to treasure.
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Brilliant! No other word for it!
Peters Railway series are brilliant! I will advise the whole series to anyone with a young railway enthusiast in the family! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Daisy
All aboard for more adventure!
Now in its third installment, the Peter's Railway series has become a firm favourite on my bookshelf. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by Mr. R. Sutherland
More Please!
this is the third book following the adventures of Peter and his Grandfather as they build and operate a live steam ride-on railway across and round Grandad's farm. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2009 by Mr. Nigel Osborne-walker
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