03x07 - Solar Train/Bird Watching

Post by **bunniefuu** » 02/28/24 10:58

- Hello, folks.

It's me, the conductor.

Today, we're gonna see something new:

A solar train that runs on the energy of the sun.

That's right. The sun!

So come on along with me

On the dinosaur train.

All aboard!

- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪

[Train whistle toots]

- ♪ Once upon a time ♪

♪ There was a mom ♪

♪ Her name was mrs. Pteranodon ♪

♪ Sitting on her nest ♪

♪ She heard a scratch and then said ♪

- Oh, boy, my eggs are hatching!

- ♪ One by one, her kids popped free ♪

♪ Baby pteranodons, one, two, three ♪

- I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.

- ♪ But tiny said ♪

- Wait, there's one more, mom.

- ♪ The 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 ♪

[Train whistle toots]

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- [Roaring]

- Tickets!

Tickets, please!

- Roar! - [Giggles]

- Oh, great gallumphing gallimimus!

Both: sorry, mr. The conductor.

- Apology accepted.

- Boys, you know better

Than to run around and around on the train.

- Around and around?

Ooh, that reminds me.

I received a message to bring the dinosaur train

To the roundhouse for a special meeting.

[Together] special meeting?

What kind?

- Funny, the message didn't say.

I don't even know who sent it.

- Can we go with you, please?

- We love the roundhouse.

- I don't see why not,

As long as it's okay with your folks.

- Mm-hmm. - That sounds wonderful.

- Okay, then.

Next stop, troodon town!

Kids: yeah, troodon town!

Whoo-hoo!

- Ooh!

- Hey, look.

It's the rocket train.

Kids: ooh.

- Yes, the rocket train.

- That's the train that goes really fast.

- It is fast, but the dinosaur train

Is still the best train ever.

- [Squawks] yup, the best.

- The best, is it?

[Kids gasp]

Both: thurston troodon.

- Who's thurston troodon?

- He's the conductor's friend

From back when they were students in conductor school.

And thurston and mr. Conductor

Were very competitive friends in school.

- Hi, mr. The other conductor.

- Hi, kids!

Hello, sonny boy.

- Hello, thurston.

Your train is looking well.

- As is yours,

For its age.

- Sounds like a challenge, thurston.

Is that why you invited me here?

- What now?

You invited me here.

- You mean neither of you invited the other one?

- Hmm, sounds like we have a mystery on our hands.

Kids: ♪ dun, dun, dun ♪

- No mystery at all.

I invited you both here.

- Mother?

you invited us here?

- No!

You were invited by

A creative and daring new conductor, tricia!

- Hello, I'm tricia troodon.

Pleased to meet you.

Both: oh.

- Tricia is one of my best young students

At dinosaur train conductor school.

- You guys are legends!

I even have posters of you in my locomotive.

- Hmm. - [Chuckles]

- This is your train, tricia?

- Sure is. I designed it myself.

Do you like it?

- [Squeaks] it's beautiful and shiny!

- Tricia, why is your train covered

With all those, um, boards with mirrors?

- Oh, actually, they're solar panels.

You see, tricia has discovered

A whole new way to make trains move.

Kids: really? - That's right.

I call it my solar train.

It's powered by the sun!

[Together] the sun?

- The sun?

- Yes, the sun.

- I don't understand.

How can something be powered by the sun?

- Glad you asked, miss tiny!

When something is powered by the sun's energy,

It's called solar power.

Our sun produces energy,

Which comes down to the earth as sunlight.

Animals store the warmth from the sunlight,

And it gives them energy.

Now, tricia is apparently using that same energy

To power her solar train.

- It's true.

The solar panels on my solar train

Soak up the sun's energy,

Then use that energy to make the train zoom down the tracks.

- Except, even if tricia's solar train does run,

Can it travel as fast and for as long as other trains

Just on the power of the sun?

That's why it's better to ride my rocket train.

- or the dinosaur train.

- Yes, or the dinosaur train.

- Or maybe the solar train!

I thought the best way to test it

Would be to have a friendly race

With the two greatest trains ever built

By dinosaur train industries,

Driven by its two greatest conductors!

Both: why, thank you.

- Wait. Did you say a race?

- Yes. From here to the triassic?

- Hmm, I like it.

Of course my rocket train will come in first,

But I do wonder which train will come in second,

Don't you, sonny boy?

- You're on, thurston!

And tricia.

- So it's a race. Hooray!

- This'll be so great!

I have an idea.

The finish line can be proganochelys ponds station

In the triassic!

- Excellent choice, buddy.

Now, who wants to ride on the rocket train?

- I would.

I mean, I still love the dinosaur train.

- Go ahead, don.

You should give old thurston's train a try.

- ♪ La, la, loo ♪ let's go really fast.

- Well, I wouldn't mind taking a spin

On the rocket train myself.

- Tricia, could I ride with you on the solar train?

- Looks like you have an admirer, tricia.

Two, actually. May I also?

- I would love it.

- We're sticking with you, mr. Conductor.

- Why, thank you, buddy, my buddy.

You two want to say it?

Both: all aboard!

- On your marks.

Get set.

Go!

Now remember, everyone, during the race

We can all communicate train to train

On our handy in-car speakerphones.

Got it? - Check!

- [Squawks] check!

- Check! Wait, what are we checking?

- For one last look at the other trains,

Because we won't see them again until the triassic!

- The rocket train's pulling away!

- Not to worry, tiny.

There's an old saying at conductor school:

It ain't over till the phaedrolosaurus sings!

- What does that mean?

- I'm not precisely sure,

But it makes me want to sing!

[Together] ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪

♪ We're gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- Hee-hee!

- What?

A hill?

Oh, I hate hills.

Ha-ha!

- Wow, tricia's solar train runs really well.

- And it's so quiet.

We barely heard it when it passed us.

- That's what a solar engine does.

It keeps the train moving smoothly and steadily

And very quietly.

Ha! Good for tricia.

And how about that powerful sun?

- Hey, mr. The other conductor, did you see that?

The solar train was b*ating us back there.

Do you think it could win?

- Ha!

A train powered by the sun

Will never b*at the rocket train.

- Well, I wouldn't be sure of that.

It's an awfully sunny day.

- Hmm.

- Hey, we stopped, I think.

I can hardly feel it when this train stops.

- We did stop.

Excuse me one moment, hmm?

I have to take care of something.

[Chuckles]

[Grunts]

[Chuckles] there.

One small adjustment.

What a great plan.

- What are you doing, mr. The other conductor?

- [Screams]

Oh, oh, well, I'm just doing

A little track maintenance.

Yes, yes, just flipping the switch

To make sure it's working properly.

Want to keep things smooth for our fellow racers, right?

- Wow, that's nice of you.

- Thanks. Yes, yes, nice.

Now, what do you say we go win that race?

- Hmm, something doesn't look right.

Buddy and tiny, can you call tricia on the speakerphone?

- Sure!

- Hi, mr. Conductor.

Do you recognize this part of the cretaceous?

- I do, but somehow we're off course.

I guess we made a wrong turn.

- But how?

The switches were all set for our race.

- Oh, thurston!

He must have changed the track so we'd go the wrong way

And he'd win the race!

When I see him, I'll-- ooh, I could--

- You know, mr. Conductor,

When I'm upset, mom and dad say instead of getting mad,

I should think about ways to make things better.

- Shiny's right.

Is there anything we can do to make it better?

- Hmm, you know what? There is.

There's an old time tunnel in this part of the cretaceous.

Follow me, tricia!

- You were right, mr. The other conductor.

You did help the other trains.

Now the solar train's right behind us.

- Yes, behind--what?

[Laughter]

- [Chuckles]

- Proganochelys pond station!

- We're almost at the finish line.

- I see it! I see it!

We're so close.

- Keep going, tricia!

We can win!

- What? Another hill?

We're slowing down.

Oh, no, no, I'll lose!

[Wind rushing]

[Train engine powering down]

[Dinosaurs cheer]

- [Laughs]

Both: we won!

You did it, mr. Conductor!

- Well done, sonny boy.

- Oh, thanks, mom and buddy and tiny.

- Congratulations, mr. Conductor!

- And to you too, tricia.

Your solar train performed admirably.

- Oh, that bag of bolts?

- I thought you'd be happy, mr. The other conductor.

Didn't you flip that big switch on the tracks

To help the other teams in the race?

[All gasp] - so it's true!

You did cheat.

You switched the tracks.

Ooh, I am ashamed of you, thurston.

- But--but--but--but--

[Sighs] I confess.

I'm so embarrassed.

- But I'm very proud of you, tricia.

Your solar train held its own.

- I'm proud too, tricia.

I hope I can be just like you when I grow up.

Smart and cool and creative.

- Thank you.

I just wish it had stayed sunny,

But that's the chance you take with a solar train.

I'll have to wait for the sun to come back out.

- Tricia, I think you need holes--

Holes that could catch sunlight and keep it

So you can use it on cloudy days.

Both: that's it!

- Well, it wouldn't be holes, exactly...

- But something that saves solar power

For when the sun isn't shining.

- We could call it a battery.

- You know, this has been so much fun,

But we should get back to our nest for dinner.

- It'll be my pleasure to take you home, pteranodon family.

Let's talk soon, tricia, and we'll work on don's idea.

- You mean it?

You'd work with me?

- Better believe it.

- Bye, tricia! Great to meet you.

All: bye!

- Not so fast, thurston.

Since you cheated,

There will be consequences.

- [Gulps]

- You missed a spot, thurston.

I want this station to shine

Like the panels on the solar train.

- Ugh, never, ever cheat again, thurston.

- 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.

A train like the solar train runs on energy from the sun.

That energy is called solar power.

Mirrors or lenses capture sunlight

And turn it into electricity.

That solar power electricity makes the solar train go.

Although the solar train can't go as fast as the rocket train,

It is much better for the environment

Because it uses less fuel and makes less pollution.

Point of fact:

High-speed trains can go much, much faster

Than a dinosaur train.

How fast?

Most high-speed trains travel around miles an hour.

That's three times faster than a car on the highway.

Thank you.

- Wow, thanks for all the cool information.

See you!

Okay, remember:

Get outside, get into nature,

And make your own discoveries.

- Hello, folks.

It's me, the conductor.

Today, buddy and tiny visit some old feathered friends

And also someone brand-new-- peng protopteryx!

So come on along with me on the dinosaur train!

All aboard!

- I see a herd of triceratops.

- I see a volcano!

- I see elliot enantiornithine!

- Well, hello there!

Both: yeah!

- Elliot, it's great to see you.

- Thank you!

It's great to be seen.

- But we almost never see you on the dinosaur train.

- This is true.

I normally fly alongside the train,

But today I thought, "why not ride?"

- Why not, indeed.

Say, elliot, tiny and buddy know this train very well.

Maybe they could give you a tour?

If it's okay with their dad.

- Ooh, could we, dad, please?

- Oh, sure.

I'll even come along.

It's been awhile since I've seen the engine

Or the caboose or--

- The dining car?

[Laughter]

- To the dining car!

- What great stuff!

Bug stew, beetle broth, cockroach casserole.

[Laughs] I could feast for ages.

[Belches]

Ooh, or maybe not. Excuse me.

- Hey, elliot, would you like to visit our friend laura?

- The giganotosaurus?

I'd love to.

But first, one more bite.

Done.

Let's go.

Both: hi, laura.

- Oh, hello, buddy and tiny.

It's so good to see you.

[Sighs]

- Um, is everything okay?

- Yes, it's just that today is my bird-watching

And bird drawing day,

My favorite day of the month,

But I haven't found a single new bird to watch.

[Sighs]

- What's going on?

- Laura's sad because she can't find any birds to watch.

- And draw. We have to help her.

There's got to be a bird around here somewhere.

- What am i, chopped carrion?

I'm a bird, remember?

Laura can watch me!

- Oh, right!

I always think of you as a theropod,

But of course you're a bird too.

- And a theropod!

Just like in the theropod cheer!

Both: ♪ one, big legs with three-toed feet ♪

♪ Two, lots of teeth for eating meat ♪

♪ Three, a long tail for balancing well ♪

♪ And four, theropods have a great sense of smell ♪

- But wait, I'm a theropod with wings

And lots of feathers, and I can fly.

That makes me a bird.

- Hmm, how about:

♪ When theropods all get together ♪

♪ The birds are the ones with wings and feathers ♪

- That's great, tiny!

Plus, it rhymes.

- You could even call it the bird call.

[Laughter]

- Oh, dad. - Wow.

- Elliot, this is wonderful.

Of course I've seen you before,

But never on a bird-watching day.

May I bird-watch you?

- [Clears throat] you may.

- Thank you.

Nothing makes me happier than to observe birds,

Identify their species, and study their features.

- Well, observe and draw away!

I am strutting.

[Laughs]

Now I'm stopping.

Now up I go!

How about a loop-de-loop?

- Whoo-hoo! Both: way to go, elliot!

- Perfect.

And there's one other way I remember birds I meet.

This is my special feather collection book.

Whenever I can, I try to collect a feather

From every new bird I meet.

Would you mind, elliot?

- Mind?

It would be my pleasure.

- Here's one.

- Thank you.

And thank you, elliot.

Okay, kids, place it right there.

- Well, there we go!

Laura, it looks like your bird-watching and drawing day

Was a big success.

- Yes, I love bird-watching.

I wish I could find more birds to watch.

[Sighs]

- Never fear, laura!

You're with the nature trackers now.

If you want to find more birds,

We'll help you.

- And so will elliot, right?

He can help us find other birds.

- Yup, yup, yup!

Let's do it!

- Excuse me, folks,

But I couldn't help overhearing

That you're looking for birds.

This might interest you.

[Clears throat]

Next stop, archaeopteryx lagoon

In the jurassic time period.

Both: that's where arlene archaeopteryx lives!

- She's one of the first birds ever!

- And we know just where to find her.

- Oh, it's been a very long time since I met arlene.

Do you think she'd mind being bird-watched?

[Both giggle]

- I don't fly much.

I glide and prance.

Oh yes, this old bird still can dance!

[Chuckles] hey, that rhymes!

[Laughs]

[All cheer]

- Come, elliot.

Let's give laura something worth drawing.

Hoo-hoo!

Both: yeah, go, arlene!

Whoo-hoo!

- Brava! Incredible.

- I'm so glad we found you at home, arlene.

- It's nice to see you all.

So, laura, did you get my good side?

- Oh, I think every side is your good side.

I did notice something unusual about your wings and tail.

Buddy and tiny, do you see

Anything interesting about arlene?

- Arlene has wings, like a bird...

- But her bony tail is like a dinosaur's!

- That's because I'm a bird and a dinosaur.

[Laughs]

- And a theropod?

- Better believe it.

And don't forget my feathers.

- Speaking of feathers,

May I collect one of yours

For my feather book?

- [Gasps] a feather book?

What a lovely idea.

If you really want to learn about feathers,

You want to meet my friend peng protopteryx.

He has a lot of amazing feathers.

- [Squawks]

I know peng.

He's kind of my distant cousin.

He lives in the cretaceous.

And arlene's right,

His feathers are something to see.

Both: can we go meet peng?

Please?

- Well, I don't know.

Let's see.

[Both giggle]

- Sure we can go.

I want to meet this peng fellow too.

Okay, let's take a ride on--

Now, what's it called?

[Together] the dinosaur train!

[All cheer]

- Peng protopteryx, eh?

I believe we can stop off at protopteryx plains.

It's not too far out of our way.

- [Squawks]

Yes, that's where peng lives.

I wish we had a picture of him.

- Consider it done, sir.

Behold peng protopteryx!

- [Gasps]

Elliot, protopteryx looks like you!

- Eh, you think?

Well, we are sort of cousins.

- Yeah.

You both have a beak full of teeth,

Long claws, and soft-looking feathers.

- What about your tails?

Mr. Conductor, do you have a picture of its tail?

- That you should see in person.

Don't want to spoil your bird-watching.

- But, mr. Conductor--

- Sorry, buddy.

I promise you'll find out soon, though, because--

Time tunnel!

Time tunnel approaching!

[Train whistle toots]

Next stop, protopteryx plains station

In the cretaceous time period.

Have fun! Say hi to peng.

I can't want to hear your tale of the tail!

All: bye, mr. Conductor!

- Peng!

Peng!

- You sure this is where he lives?

- I may have been around for a long time,

But my mind is as sharp as a troodon claw.

Yes, this is where he lives.

Hello, peng?

- Here I am!

Now I'm here!

Right behind you!

Nope, down here.

Now way up here!

- Whoa!

[Laughter]

- Um, are you peng?

- Yepper-dee-dee, that's me, me, me.

- But you're so tiny, and I know tiny.

- Your picture made you look bigger.

- [Squawks] that's peng.

Small but feathery.

Hey, cuz, these are my friends

Buddy and tiny pteranodon and their dad.

And you know arlene archaeopteryx.

And this is laura giganotosaurus.

She's a birdwatcher and a bird-drawer.

- Nice to meet all of you!

So, laura, would you like to draw my picture?

- I'd love to.

I live to meet new birds and draw them.

Do you mind?

- Not at all!

But do you think you can draw

All my different feathers?

- You have different kinds of feathers?

- Three different kinds.

Check it out.

Elliot, arlene,

I have these soft feathers on my belly that keep me warm,

Wing feathers that help me fly,

And these feathers on my tail.

- Those are feathers?

They look so stiff!

- They are stiff, but they're still feathers.

Want to touch them?

- No wonder the conductor wanted us to see your tail.

It's really cool!

- Amazing feathers, peng, just amazing.

A bird-drawer's dream!

- Hey, peng's not the only one with cool feathers.

Watch this!

[Squawking]

- Oh, yeah?

Let this old bird show you how it's done.

[Grunts]

- Aw, come on, that is nothing.

[Laughter]

- Perfect. Don't move, please.

I must draw the three of you like that.

[Train whistle toots]

- Oh, it's the dinosaur train.

I'm afraid we have to go, kids.

Both: aww.

- And before I finished my drawing.

[Sighs]

- Whoa! - Got you!

- Wait, laura, maybe you can still do your drawing.

Peng, will you come for a ride on the dinosaur train?

- Yes, I'd love to!

Last one there is a rotten dinosaur egg!

[Laughter]

- Race you there!

- Okay, fly.

Have fun!

- [Laughs]

This aviary car is amazing.

- Yeah, and it's especially for birds.

Hey, race you to the top!

- Buddy, tiny, I have a request.

Would you join me for bird-watching next month, too,

And every month?

- You mean like a bird-watching club?

- Exactly.

Both: we'd love it!

- Um, mind if I join too?

- Of course. The more, the merrier.

- Buddy, tiny, come fly with us!

- Go. Go. Have a great time.

- Look out, birds, here we come!

[All cheer]

♪ When theropods all get together ♪

♪ The birds are the ones with wings and feathers ♪

- Whoo-hoo! Theropods!

- Hi there.

I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist.

All birds alive today are dinosaurs,

And all of them have feathers.

Feathers help birds to fly, stay warm,

And even show off to other birds.

No surprise, then, that feathers come

In a variety of shapes and sizes.

The same is true for birds

That lived millions of years ago

During the age of dinosaurs.

Check out protopteryx.

Protopteryx was a cretaceous bird

With three different kinds of feathers.

Short, soft feathers on the body for warmth,

Long feathers on the wings for flying,

And some pretty strange tail feathers.

The tail feathers of protopteryx are long, stiff, and scaly,

Like the skin of a lizard.

Some paleontologists think that only male protopteryx

Had the long tail feathers.

We see the same thing today

In the beautiful tail feathers of male peacocks.

Pretty amazing, huh?

Okay, get outside, get into nature,

And make your own discoveries.

- We love playing games...

- Like all aboard.

- You can play too online at:

- And lots of other games.

- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.

Both: go to pbskids.org.

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

- ♪ We're gonna ride ♪

- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

[Train whistle toots]

- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪

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03x07 - Solar Train/Bird Watching

03x07 - Solar Train/Bird Watching