It is the late spring of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America's brand-new transcontinental railroad on the No. 119. These pages come alive with the specifics of the trip and the sounds, swiftness, and asset of the mighty locomotive of the No. 119; the work that keeps them stirring; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain high, to valley's low going over the world's tallest viaducts. Come see the hiss of the steam or the train and see the workers, feel the heat of the engine, watch the scenery race by as you read. ride the rails, and feel them under you, come cross the young country From prize-winning author/illustrator Marcel Ray Duriez comes an amusing and detailed sensory exploration of America's early railroads on the No. 119.