Thomas, James , and Gordon are determined to do their jobs for the day but the Troublesome Trucks are just as determined to interfere and cause trouble for everyone.

When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.

A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more, as two boys play.

The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery but the cubs want to learn about the train. With luck, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the train whistle.

When Thomas and Percy smell smoke, they know there is only one engine who can help, but they are unsure that Flynn can race to the rescue in time.

"The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. The latest installment in James Lee Burke's...

"A treasure is missing on the island of Sodor! Where could it be?"--Page [4] of cover.

When Buddy's T. rex friend Annie comes over for a playdate, Tiny begins to feel left out.

Thomas the tank engine wants to be part of the circus and he gets his chance to help when the animals escape from their circus train cars.