This book is about the competition of the completion of two railroad separate railroad tracks. These two companies both tried there hardest to create the first transcontinental railroad across America. Sometimes they'd move at insane speeds trying to outside the other, but sometimes they'd only move inches. Eventually, Congress stopped this competition and forced the two to come together. With the two tracks combined you could turn a wagon trails that took six months into just six days. ( )

A poetic story that rhymes throughout. The story is about the creation of the transcontinental railroad and some of the things that workers went through to make it easier for transportation across the United States in the mid-1800's. The artwork is across the full two pages and uses dark almost charcoal tinted colors to represent the dirt and hard work that went into this massive project. ( )