Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today the family
Rides the dinosaur train submarine and meets an
Archelon, a giant sea turtle, so come on along with me on
The dinosaur train. All aboard!
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ [whistle blows]
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ once upon a time
There was a mom her name was mrs. Pteranodon
Sitting on her nest she heard a scratching
And said... ♪ Oh, boy! My eggs are
Hatching!
♪ One by one her kids popped free
Baby pteranodons , , ♪
I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.
♪ But tiny said... ♪ Wait! There's one more, mom!
♪ Last little baby was a different size
With teeth and a tail and big green eyes
He didn't look anything like the rest ♪
What am I doing in a pteranodon nest?
♪ But dear, old mrs. Pteranodon said... ♪
Oh, this is your family, and I'm your mom. You may be
Different, but we're all creatures. All dinosaurs have
Different features. Come on, buddy. We'll take a vacation.
I'll get us a ticket at pteranodon station. We'll
Travel the world in sunshine and rain and meet all the
Species on the...
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
[Whistle blows] ♪ the dinosaur train ♪
[Roaring] [captioning made possible by
The jim henson company]
Ohh! Shiny, look! Eggs!
Rawk! It's little babies hatching!
[Squeaking] hello. What kind of babies
Are you?
We're archelons, sea turtles!
Wow! It's great to meet you.
I'm shiny, and this is my sister tiny.
We have so many questions for you.
Sorry. We're in a hurry. We need to get into the water quick
Before any predators can get us.
[Cawing] ok, but--wait! Where's your
Mom?
We don't know. We just need to get into the sea. Bye!
What?! They don't even know where their mom is?!
Rawk.
Mom, dad!
Rawk!
What is it, kids?
We just saw some babies hatch on the shore.
They were archelons!
Oh. Sea turtles! Where are they?
They've already crawled into the sea and swam away.
Well, that's what sea turtles do after they hatch.
They get into the water as quick as they can.
But we asked them where their mom was, and--and...
They didn't even know!
Kids, I can see that you're upset about the archelon
Babies, but different species behave differently.
Right. Some don't need their parents around when they hatch.
And others get a lot of care from their parents from the
Very start. I was right there when you were hatched. I can't
Imagine it any other way.
We're so glad you're here!
Heh heh heh. We pteranodons are kind of special.
Tickets, tickets, please.
Hello, mr. Conductor!
Hello, pteranodon clan. We have a special guest today on
The train, my nephew gilbert!
Gilbert?!
Gilbert!
Hello, everyone! I'm helping uncle conductor today. Have you
Punched their tickets yet?
I have not. Would you care to?
Oh, boy, would i! Tickets, please.
Ahh. Visited the big pond today, eh, shiny?
We did, gilbert, and we saw some archelon babies hatch
Right out of the sand.
Really? I love archelons.
And then I bet they hurried straight into the sea, right?
Rawk! Yeah. And when we asked them where their mom
Was...
They didn't even know!
Yes, but you have to remember, different species
Behave differently.
But I just don't get how archelon babies could grow up
This way.
Yeah. How can something like this even happen?
Uh, uncle conductor, can I show them?
Positively, gilbert.
Archelon moms lay more than eggs at once. This group of
Eggs is called a clutch.
Wow! Eggs.
And I thought was a nestful.
The mom uses her large flippers to cover up the eggs
With sand, and then she heads out to sea.
The mom just swims away?
Oh, that's just the natural way that archelon behave. Once
The babies are safely in the water, they tend to stay close
To shore for a few years before roaming out into the open ocean
Like the grownups.
Right, but once they're full-sized, archelon can travel
Far across the sea. They live a long time and grow up to be
Huge.
Really? How huge?
As big as the dinosaur train submarine!
Whoa!
Wait! But what about the babies?
Yeah. What's gonna happen to them? Will they ever find their
Mom?
Kids, it's just nature's way. They just swim out to sea,
And who knows what happens to them?
Ohh!
[Whispering] excellent idea, gilbert.
Ahem. How about if we take the dinosaur train submarine and
Find out the answers to your questions?
The dinosaur train submarine?! Can we mom and dad,
Please?
Let's do it, team pteranodon!
[Cheering] [chime]
Time tunnel approaching, and this one's taking us under the
Sea!
Ooh. Ahh.
Next stop the local western interior undersea station.
Hey. Where's the conductor?
And gilbert's disappeared, too.
All aboard the dinosaur train submarine!
[Cheering]
Everything in order, mr.
Gilbert?
Aye-aye, skip. All shipshape.
Steady as she goes. Ahead one quarter, mr. Gilbert.
[Clang]
I set a course for the area where the big pond opens into
The sea. We should meet up with our archelon friends as they
Come swimming out.
But archelon babies are so tiny?
How will we ever see them?
Well, you kids can man the portholes--that means look out
The windows--and maybe one of you has sharp enough eyes to
Spot them.
Cool!
I don't see any archelon babies.
Well, don, it will take a little while to get there.
But I can't wait to see the archelon babies.
Huh. How about we pass the time singing our submarine
Song? Come on, everybody!
♪ Oh, once upon a time in the deep blue sea
A seafaring troodon said to me if you want to see things
You've never seen come on along with me
In my green submarine it's an adventure
That we're on we brought along a pair
Of troodons a t. Rex and some pteranodons
We're gonna find some archelons ♪
[Squeaking] ♪ we'll see things
We've never seen diving down in
Our green submarine down in the sea so green
Deeper than we've ever been we'll see things we've
Never seen diving down in
Our green submarine ♪ hoo hoo! Ahh. The green
Submarine!
That was fun!
Yeah!
Rawk!
Hey, look! I think I see them!
Could be. We're getting near where the big pond opens out to
The sea.
Rawk! Buddy's right!
It's the archelon babies!
Yay! Whoo-hoo!
Yeah! We found them!
Hello? Mom?
Uh, actually, we're not your mom. We are, in fact, the
Dinosaur train submarine.
Hi, archelon babies. It's me shiny.
And me tiny. Oh, and my family, too, and the conductor
And gilbert.
Hi!
Hello!
We just came out to see if you were ok. So, uh, how's it
Going?
We're fine. Just, you know, swimming out deeper, looking
For food.
What do you usually eat?
Squid!
At least that's what we've had so far. We're just babies.
Do you guys mind if we travel along with you? Maybe we
Can help you find squid.
Yay! Squid! Whoo-hoo!
Come on!
What do your keen t. Rex eyes see, buddy?
I think I see...
A big squid!
A big squid? A big squid?!
Where?!
Whoa!
Yep. It's an adult archelon, probably feet long.
Hello. Are you their mom?
Yeah, I probably am. Did you just hatch today at the big
Pond beach?
Yes!
Oh, well, then you're probably my babies. See you
Made it out to sea. Nice job! I kind of sensed deep down that
You could do it.
This is so exciting! The babies are back together with
Their mom!
Uh-huh. Hey, mom. Meet our friends. They're something
Called the dinosaur train trampoline.
Submarine. We're pteranodons, and these are
Troodons, and my brother buddy here is a t. Rex.
Whoa! In a submarine. That is really something. So you're
A pteranodon, huh?
Yep. I'm don pteranodon.
Hey. I like that beak of yours.
Thanks. You have a great beak, too!
Yeah. The better to bite squid with. Am I right, kids?
Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
So now that you're all together, do you travel deeper
Into the sea?
Yeah, well, no. We adult archelons swim out deeper,
Looking for squid and other seafood.
But we babies are going to stay in close until we've grown
Bigger.
What?!
Yeah, no. They're right, shiny and tiny. It's not a good
Idea to stay in a big group like this. Makes us easy
Pickings for predators.
Wait. After finally finding each other, you're going to just
Swim away out to sea?
And leave the babies here?
Hey. It's the natural way of sea turtles. Eh, they can make
It on their own. They're fine with that.
Yeah! What the nice, big archelon lady said is right.
It's our mom!
Oh, right. I forgot.
Bye! Be safe!
We will!
Wow!
Rawk! I know. I'm really glad I'm a pteranodon.
[Watch chimes] well, pteranodons, troodons,
And t. Rex, we should be getting back to the undersea
Station and the train.
Mom, dad, can we sit in your lap?
Rawk. Sure.
Oh!
Hee hee hee!
Ahead full, mr. Gilbert.
Aye-aye, captain. Come on, everybody!
♪ Down in the sea so green deeper than we've ever been
We'll see things we've never seen
Diving down in our green submarine ♪
[Laughing and cheering]
Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist, and this is
Archelon, a gigantic turtle from the cretaceous time
Period. Archelon was the largest known turtle from the
Age of dinosaurs, growing up to feet long and feet
Wide! Check out its pointy beak and look at those huge
Front flippers. They helped archelon fly through the
Water. Unlike most turtles, archelon's shell wasn't made of
Solid bone. It had big gaps in it that were covered with
Thick, leathery skin. Archelon looks a lot like the largest
Turtle living today called the leatherback. Instead
Of a solid bony shell, leatherbacks also have a shell
With gaps that's covered by thick, oily skin, and like
Archelon, leatherbacks are sea turtles and great swimmers,
Often migrating thousands of miles in the open ocean. Just
Like archelon probably did, leatherbacks lay their eggs on
A beach, and grownups leave the baby turtles to hatch on
Their own and take care of themselves. Turtles are
Amazing survivors! They've been around since the very first
Dinosaurs, but take a look.
Today's leatherbacks are usually about feet long.
That's about half the size of the ancient archelon. Ok.
Keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries!
Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today the dinosaur
Train is in a race to the triassic against the brand-new
Rocket train, so come on along with me on the dionsaur train.
All aboard!
Ahem, folks. I have an announcement. The dinosaur
Train will be making a special stop at troodon town.
Why?
Well, miss tiny, we need to pick up some supplies and do a
Quick checkup on the engine. As you know, we troodons are very
Devoted to keeping our train in the best condition at all times.
And I bet after they work on it the train will run smoother
And maybe even faster.
It just might, buddy, my buddy. Next stop, troodon town
Train station!
Well, the dinosaur train is all spruced up and as good as new.
Good as new, sonny boy?
Ohh!
Ha ha ha! This old dinosaur train?
Hello, thurston.
Oh! Thurston, this is mrs.
Pteranodon and her kids buddy and tiny.
Greetings, greetings! Heh heh heh. So, mr. Conductor,
Still transporting dinosaurs on this creaky, slow, old train,
Eh?
Creaky, slow, and old?!
The dinosaur train isn't slow.
Or old!
Ha ha ha! This just in--the dinosaur train is a train of
The past. The future, my friends, belongs to the rocket
Train!
Whoa!
Yes, whoa. It's the latest invention from the brightest
Minds of dinosaur train industries.
Well, good for you, thurston. You have quite a
Train there. Then again, you always liked shiny new things
Ever since we went to school together.
You went to school together?
Oh, yes, yes. Dinosaur train conductor school. Sonny boy
Here and I didn't just go to school together. We were
Friends, right?
Well, yes, most of the time.
Ha ha ha! We liked to compete! It was a friendly
Competition to be the best student conductor!
And now we're both real conductors on real trains.
Yes, real different kinds of trains. Heh heh.
Thurston! I will have you know that the dinosaur train
Runs as well or better than the first day it rode the rails.
That's nice, but it's, uh--heh heh--no rocket train.
By the way, have I described its features?
Actually, no, you haven't.
Well, I'm glad you asked, buddy. The rocket train engine
Has a high-tech navigation system. There's an expanded
Menu in the dining car, higher ceilings, and softer seats in
The passenger coaches. Ha ha!
And of course, it gets you anywhere you want to go in the
Cretaceous, jurassic, or triassic faster than any other
Train around. Huh, huh?
Well, clearly dinosaur train industries has been busy. Good
For you, thurston.
So is the rocket train gonna take the place of the dinosaur
Train?
Noooo!
Never!
Well, I guess we'll see, won't we?
We shall see.
Blaaaugh! Oh, we shall see, won't we? We're just testing
Out the rocket train to see how she runs. We have high hopes!
Mother, you scared me!
I wasn't scared. I jumped because I like to exercise. And
And and .
Hello, mrs. Conductor!
Hello, pteranodons. Hello, thurston!
Hello, professor.
Professor?
That's what thurston and sonny boy called me when I was
Their teacher at conductor school. Oh, these two were the
Best students I ever had, and now they're the two best
Conductors in the whole mesozoic era. You're both
Equally good. I'm not playing favorites here. Ohh! Speaking
Of trains, I received a message from troodon railroad control
That pauline proganochelys needs to be picked up at her
Station in the triassic. Would either of you conductors be
Willing to get her?
Me! I will!
I'll do it!
I wonder who'd get to the triassic first, the dinosaur
Train or the rocket train.
Well, I don't want to make any predictions, but here goes.
My rocket train will go to the triassic, pick up this
Proganochelys, and be back here before the dinosaur train gets
Halfway there, and I'll even take a detour through the
Jurassic!
Say, how about a friendly contest, thurston? Rocket train
Versus the dinosaur train!
Ohh! Excellent idea, sonny boy. After all, we do have to
Test out the rocket train's capabilities. A race to the
Triassic could be fun.
Are we sure it's safe to race the trains?
Absolutely! All due respect, thurston, but do you even know
Where pauline proganochelys lives? I can show you on a map.
As I believe I mentioned earlier, the rocket train has a
New high-tech navigation system. I don't need your
Old-fashioned maps. Ha ha. To the trains!
All aboard!
All aboard. Please mind the platform gap.
Boy, that rocket train is really smooth and flying.
Wow! Look at it go!
Uh, do you think you can, uh, get any more speed out of
Her?
Ohh.
[Squawk]
Ha ha ha!
Time tunnel. Time tunnel approaching.
It's been a while since we've been to the triassic time
Period.
And it's been a while since we've seen pauline
Proganochelys.
Well, sonny boy's busy up front trying to get as much
Speed out of the dinosaur train as he can, so...
Maybe we need a refresher on proganochelys and the triassic.
Proganochelys has a strong beak, armor-covered feet and
Tail, and a boney shell.
Proganochelys can't pull its neck into its shell, right?
Righty-o, buddy, but take a gander at that neck. It is
Covered with spikes to protect itself from predators.
And proganochelys has a spiky tail, too. It's one of
The first turtles ever.
Yes, indeedy. After all, proganochelys comes from the
Triassic time period. It tends to be hot and dry there, and
It's full of small dinosaurs and other amazing reptiles.
[Chiming] hold on to your hats, folks!
Oh! Oh! Time for a time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching! Yes, indeedy do.
Whoa. What was that?
Ahh. A lovely day in the jurassic, and I still have
Plenty of time. It's not like that creaky, old dinosaur train
Will get to the triassic before I do.
Warning. Steep hill approaching.
Ha ha! No problem! Computer, full throttle!
Full throttle.
[Gears grinding] hmm. Ok. What's, uh--heh
Heh. What's going on?
Nothing. Everything is fine.
Oh, oh! Oh. This isn't good.
[Slow] everything...is...
Fine.
[Fast] everything is fine.
Please mind platform gap.
[Boing] next stop proganochelys pond
Station in the triassic time period. Hello, pauline. Your
Ride's here.
Hello, mr. Conductor, buddy, tiny.
Hi, pauline!
By the way, we are the first train to get here, right?
Well, if you mean has anyone else come by to pick me up
Today, the answer is no. So I guess you are first.
Wait. We b*at the rocket train here?
Great job, mr. Conductor!
Oh! The old dinosaur train has still got it.
Rawk! The dinosaur train is the greatest!
You can say that again, tiny.
Rawk! The dinosaur train is the greatest!
[Cheering] well, it's back to troodon
Town, pauline. All aboard!
I do wonder what could have happened to thurston and the
Rocket train.
Maybe he got lost.
Troodon railroad control just called. They want the
Dinosaur train to--and I quote--"please go help the
Rocket train. Thurston is stuck on herbivore hill in the
Jurassic."
Right! A couple of miles out of stegosaurus forest!
Let's hit it, sonny boy! Haw haw haw!
Look. There's the rocket train.
Hello, thurston. Trouble?
Oh, it's just temporary. I must have hit something pretty
Big on the tracks because, let's face it, nothing can stop
The rocket train.
But something did stop the rocket train.
[Sighs] yes, you're right. It did stop,
And I'm glad the old dinosaur train is still working well
Enough to help the rocket train out.
Yep. The dinosaur train is running great. We rode to the
Triassic, picked up pauline, and then we got the call to come
Save--i mean--heh heh--help you.
Hello, everyone! The rocket train is back!
[Cheering] but wait. The dinosaur train
Is pushing the rocket train?
Isn't it working at all?
Oh, it will be zooming along later today faster than ever,
In fact.
Ahem.
Oh, I might as well admit it. The rocket train completely
Broke down. I have to thank the conductor for rescuing me, and,
Buddy and tiny, I may have said some mean things about the
Dinosaur train, and, well, that was wrong. I promise, I will
Never make fun of anything old again or say anything is too
Slow or not modern enough. The dinosaur train is still the
Best train around and always will be.
Huzzah to that!
[Cheering] thurston, we have a problem.
The rocket train needs some major repairs. It won't be
Rocketing through the mesozoic for quite some time, and,
Thurston, you won't be conducting for a while.
Grab your tools. Time to take apart the rocket train engine.
Good-bye, tiny, buddy, and mrs. Pteranodon. Farewell,
Professor. Sonny boy, I must admit it. You--you are the best
Conductor ever.
Guh.
All aboard!
[Cheering]
Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist! I know quite a
Lot about dinosaurs and fossils, but I don't know much
About trains. I do happen to know somebody, though, who is a
Train expert.
Point of fact--i love trains and know a lot about
Them.
Go for it!
The "rocket train" is just like high-speed trains
Used today in many countries.
Japan built the first high-speed trains. Like all
High-speed trains, those in japan run on electricity! A
Train like the dinosaur train is called a steam locomotive.
Instead of electricity, these trains get their power from
Burning coal or wood. Point of fact--high-speed trains can go
Much, much faster than the dinosaur train. How fast? Most
High-speed trains travel at around miles an hour!
That's times faster than a car on the highway! Thank you.
Wow! Thanks for all the cool information. See you! Ok.
Remember, get outside, get into nature, and make your own
Discoveries!
We love playing games!
Like all aboard!
You can play, too, online at pbskids.org!
And lots of other games!
There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs!
♪ Ride the dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
♪ The dinosaur train ♪
02x26 - Dinosaur Train Submarine: A Sea Turtle Tale/Rocket Train
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Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train