Easy coloring page of a smiling steam train pulling cargo cars with circles, blocks, and triangle loads.

Smiling Steam Train With Three Cargo Cars

A cheerful steam engine chugs along the upper track, hauling one bumpy car and two boxy cargo cars under clouds and sun.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Train collection, made for ages 5–7 and drawn in a Bold & Easy style.

🎨 How to color it

Make the smiling engine bright red, the smoke soft gray, the upper car’s round cargo orange, and the lower triangle loads sunny yellow. Use chunky crayons or broad markers for the big wheels, cargo shapes, and train cars, and don’t worry if little hands color over the bold lines. Try making each circle on the upper cargo car a different fruit color, like apple red, peach, and blueberry.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 78 zones and 9 colors, sized for kids. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Rosco’s Sneaky Extra Load — Every morning, Rosco puffed past the rooftop depot with three cars: round barrels up high, triangle blocks below, and square crates that went clack-clack-clack. Read the full story →

Every morning, Rosco puffed past the rooftop depot with three cars: round barrels up high, triangle blocks below, and square crates that went clack-clack-clack. He wanted to finish before the station bell, because the bell made pigeons sneeze soot. Until one day, a raccoon in a floury apron popped from a cloud of steam. “Psst! Muffin emergency,” she whispered.

Because of that, Rosco hid warm berry buns under the round barrels. Because of that, the lower cars smelled like sugar instead of coal, and sleepy track workers followed their noses to breakfast. At the last switch, Rosco left the biggest bun by the signal box with no note at all. Next time you spot his grin, guess which car still smells like berries.