Climb aboard to hear the true stories

of the children who rode the Orphan Train By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Vol. 1 is the perfect adjunct to Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo, which brought us the extraordinary history of the Orphan Train Riders. In this latest work, written especially for young people, the Endorfs share the personal stories of those whose lives were forever altered when they were taken by rail to be placed with foster families throughout America.



Praise for By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Vol. 1 "The message of the lives of the Orphan Train riders is one of endurance, perseverance and survival. In this new book, each story is unique unto itself with a lesson to be learned from each."

- Mary Ellen Johnson, Founder of the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, Inc., Arkansas