A Caldecott Honor Award Winner | Hardcover Picture Book | JUVENILE FICTION/Transportation / Railroads & Trains | Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender, and a black steam engine. A freight train is going by. Going through tunnels, going by cities, by day, by night. For twenty-five years young readers have treasured the vibrant words and pictures Donald Crews created for his landmark Caldecott Honor Book. And anyone who has ever counted passing freight cars and wondered at their destination knows that this book is the next best thing to being there. Available in hardcover, paperback, and board book editions, and in a new bilingual edition. A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book School Library Journal Best of the Best [set burst next to Inside Freight Train:] An ALA Notable Book!