Father's Day
dinosaur train

When the Pteranodon Family visits Troodon Town for a big Father's Day celebration, the Conductor sees Mr. Pteranodon enjoying being celebrated, and is compelled to ask his mother whatever happened to his father. She decides that he's ready to learn the truth and tells him the story about how his father was the bravest Conductor of them all and dared to build an experimental Drill Train and tunnel into the future -- she believes to the Cenozoic Era, which no dinosaur had ever seen. Unfortunately, the Conductor's father never returned, and is apparently lost. The Conductor decides to take the new Drill Train and tunnel into the future to rescue his missing father! / The Conductor, determined to find his missing father, takes the experimental Drill Train and drills a new Time Tunnel that goes as far into the end of the Mesozoic Era as possible, to drill farther into the future and find his father, Trevor Troodon. Once Dad and Buddy and Tiny get wind of this plan, they come aboard, too. So they all take the Drill Train and drill into the future. They come out in the Ice Age of the Cenozoic Era, where they meet a huge, furry Mastodon named Maurice. Maurice helps them search through the icy wastes until they find a feather-covered Northern Troodon who turns out to indeed be Trevor, the father of Mr. Conductor! A happy reunion for all, and they bring him home to the Age of Dinosaurs.

Episode Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 508

About Dinosaur Train:

"Dinosaur Train" is an animated series for 3-to-6 year olds.

The series features a curious young T-rex named Buddy who, together with his adopted Pteranodon family, takes the Dinosaur Train to meet, explore, and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.


Future Broadcast times for "Dinosaur Train": (show all)

Mon, Sep 25 7:00 A.M. Crystal and King Benefit Concert: Part One and Two     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Sep 26 7:00 A.M. Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet The Grandparents     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Sep 27 7:00 A.M. Mom Was A Kid Once     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Sep 28 7:00 A.M. The Egg Stealer?/To The Grandparents' Nest We Go!     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Sep 29 7:00 A.M. A Heck of a Neck/Gilbert Visits The Nest     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Oct 2 7:00 A.M. Triassic Turtle/Tank's Baby Brother     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Oct 3 7:00 A.M. Iggy Iguanodon/Shiny Can't Sleep     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Oct 4 7:00 A.M. New Neighbors /Don's Collection     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Oct 5 7:00 A.M. Erma Eoraptor/Under The Volcano     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Oct 6 7:00 A.M. The Wing Kings/The Big Mud Pit     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Oct 9 7:00 A.M. Kenny Kentrosaurus/Don and the Troodons     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Oct 10 7:00 A.M. Spooky Tree/Spinosaurus Super Model     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Oct 11 7:00 A.M. Pteranodon Family World Tour/Gilbert The Junior Conductor     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Oct 12 7:00 A.M. Classic in the Jurassic: Turtle and Theropod Race/Hungry, Hungry Carnivores     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Oct 13 7:00 A.M. Long Claws/Tank's Sleep Over     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Oct 16 7:00 A.M. Haunted Roundhouse/Big Pond Pumpkin Patch     NH Kids (11.5)


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