Cartoon steam train with a smiling face, waving engineer, smoke clouds, trees, flowers, and happy clouds.

Smiling Steam Train Through the Hills

A cheerful steam engine rolls along curved tracks while its engineer waves under smiling clouds and puffy smoke.

🎨 How to color it

Color the engine cherry red, the passenger cars sunny yellow, the engineer’s cap navy blue, and the leafy trees bright green. Use chunky crayons for the big train body and smoke puffs, then try a sharper pencil for the small flowers, wheels, and track ties. Make the smoke fade from light gray to pale blue so it curls playfully into the smiling clouds.

The story behind this coloring page

Pip and the Cloud Ticket — Every day, Pip rang the brass bell—ding-ding!—and drove the little steam train around Cloverbend Hills, past daisies, bushes, and three nosy clouds. Read the full story →

Every day, Pip rang the brass bell—ding-ding!—and drove the little steam train around Cloverbend Hills, past daisies, bushes, and three nosy clouds. He wanted to reach the picnic stop before the cocoa cooled. Until one day, a tiny cloud plopped onto the track with a paper ticket stuck to its fluffy chin.

“Window seat, please!” squeaked the cloud. Because of that, Pip slowed so suddenly that the cars bumped, clack-clack-clunk. Because of THAT, the train’s smoke curled up and tickled the cloud until it hiccuped rainbows all over the rails. Finally, Pip waved the cloud into the warm smoke trail, where it floated along like a silly passenger. Next time those puffs climb over the engine, can you spot the cloud still riding there?