baby, you can drive my … truck

Our staff had some fun recently choosing a gift for a co-worker's new baby. Books were the obvious choice for the new arrival, the offspring of an editor and a librarian. But no Winnie-the-Pooh or Goodnight Moon for us.We wanted to personalize our selections.

Here's what you get when you turn an editor who's been covering transportation for 20 years loose in a bookstore:

• On the Move (The book's cover features a Santa Fe locomotive pulling J.B. Hunt double-stack containers)
• My Train Book (Sample passage: "This car carries grain.What is it called? A COVERED HOPPER CAR!")
• Sam Goes Trucking (Do staties really say, "Hello. This is just a routine safety check.May I see your license, registration, and trip log, please?")
• Tractor-Trailer Trucker (Oldie but goodie; includes photos of long-gone nameplates and what could be the first Qualcomm OmniTRACS set ever made)
• Boat (Critique: Too many sailing ships, not enough containers)
• The Big Book of Things That Go (Wheels, wheels, and more wheels)

Yup, we start 'em real early here at DC VELOCITY.