Train My First

This is Debbie and she is three years old.

-Hold it.

-Hold it, Debbie.

Yes! Champion!

Run, run, he's right behind you.

Debbie loves playing with her dad in the park.

Run! Run! Wow, yippee!

Today, Debbie's going to be doing something new for the first time.

But what will it be?

This is Debbie's memory box. It helps her remember all the

exciting things that have happened. See if you can spot anything

going in it today.

Debbie, can you see that? What's that?

-I don't know.

-Let's go and have a look.

Wow! Look at that, Debbie.

A miniature railway! Look at that tiny train.

Looks like lots of fun.

We're getting on this.

Good girl.

All right, Debbie. There's the signal there. Can you see that?

-The red... That one.

-It means go.

Yeah, it tells us when to go and when to stop.

The track moves so Debbie can go ahead.

-Now we can go. The signal tells us...

-Go!

-..to go, so we are going.

-We're waving to them.

-BOTH:

-Bye!

-Wow. This is fun, Debbie.

-It's fun!

-Fun! It's a lot of fun.

-Lot of fun!

-Yes, I know.

Choo-ca-choo-ca-choo! Daddy's at the back.

Right, that's OK. Yes, that's Daddy.

-Choo-ca-choo-ca-choo!

-There's Daddy!

-Yeah.

-Choo-ca-choo-ca-choo!

-BOTH:

-Choo-ca-choo-ca-choo!

Choo-ca-choo-ca-choo!

The train comes in. Time to get off.

Whoa!

-Debbie, did you enjoy that?

-Yeah!

-Yes, I know.

Debbie, how about going on a real, special train? Would you like that?

-Whoa!

-Wow!

The first thing into Debbie's memory box is the model train.

Debbie has come to the train station,

as she's about to go on a real train ride.

-We need to get...

-Ticket!

-..ticket! That's lovely.

We go to the ticket man to get our ticket.

A train is a form of rail transport that runs along tracks.

The train pulls carriages and helps transport people

from one destination to another.

A train can be used to help move goods as well,

like coal, wood or even cars.

I wonder where Debbie will be going on her train ride.

-Hello.

-Hello, guys. Welcome.

Yes, we are here to get tickets.

-This is Debbie's first time on the train.

-Excellent!

-Do you want to say hello?

-Hello.

-Hello!

-Here are your tickets.

Oh, get your tickets. That's beautiful, thank you.

-Say thank you, Debbie.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Have a nice time.

-OK.

-Bye.

-Goodbye, bye.

-Bye!

-Hello. We are going to York today.

-Have you got your tickets there?

Debbie's tickets are checked at the ticket machine

-before she goes on the train.

-There you are.

-Thank you.

Have a nice day. See you later.

We need to check which platform we will be getting our train from, OK?

Looks like your train is at platform three, Debbie.

We'll walk down to platform three now, OK?

But the train will be stopping over here, OK, Debbie?

Here comes your train, Debbie.

Wow, we're getting on the train now. Brilliant!

Right...

Off we go!

Hiya! Here we go, we've got a little goody bag

-so you can do some drawings, OK?

-Thank you.

You're very welcome, my love. There we go.

-Train!

-Yes, train.

-Choo-choo!

-Choo-choo. Choo-choo...

Along the tracks we go. Choo-choo!

-A Christmas tree.

-You want to draw...? OK, draw that.

Debbie?

-DEBBIE GASPS

-Where are we now?

Is this our station?

-No.

-No, no, this is not our station.

-Is that OK, Debbie?

-It's Durham station.

-This is Durham station.

The train has stopped, but it's not time to get off yet.

-Hot!

-Is it? No, it's just warm. It's not hot.

Ah...

-No! Drinking with spoon!

-With a spoon?

-Yeah.

-That would be too slow for me.

-What?

-It would be too slow for Daddy.

-OK.

Tickets, there, please. Can I check any unchecked tickets?

Thank you. Is this your special ticket?

The train guard checks Debbie's ticket to make sure

she's on the right train.

The second thing into the memory box is the train ticket.

Here we are. It's York station. Time to get off.

-Bye.

-Say see you later.

-See you!

-See you later.

Debbie, this is York station.

Debbie is going to the National Railway Museum.

You can see all kinds of old trains here.

The first thing Debbie does is play at being ticket master.

Tickets!

-Hello.

-Where are you going?

-I'm going to York.

-Ticket!

-Yeah.

OK, bye. Thank you. Bye.

It's your turn.

Debbie and Dad are building a model of an old steam engine

called the Rocket.

The first thing to go on is the chimney.

The wheels go on next.

Brilliant! That's it.

-It's hard work building a train.

-Oh!

Your train is built. Well done!

-How do the trains sound?

-Choo-choo!

-Choo-choo, yeah.

Look at that, Debbie! It's the real Rocket train.

It's a bit bigger than the one you built with Daddy.

Yeah, it is, it's taller than you! See? It's big.

And let's see the other wheel. Oh, see this? Oh, you're bigger!

-Oh, you're bigger than this, Debbie. Yes.

-No.

Yeah, you're bigger than... See?

This is you and this is the wheel. So you're bigger than this.

Trains can only go forwards and backwards, so this turntable

turns the train around when it needs to go in the other direction.

As Debbie has been so busy, she stops for a special afternoon tea.

It's in the dining carriage of an old train.

-Wow! Look at those.

-I've got your tea stands for you here.

I've got one for Debbie...

Look at all those beautiful cakes and sandwiches.

-I want strawberries.

-Yeah, strawberries...

That looks really yummy.

I bet it tastes nice.

-It's good.

-Wow!

Daddy, we cleaned up for you.

The third thing into the memory box is afternoon tea.

-Hello! The train's to come!

-Good girl.

You know what, Debbie? Do you want to go on a ride on a

-real steam engine?

-Yes.

-Good girl. OK, come on, Debbie.

Let's go and have a ride.

Debbie is going on an old steam engine.

This is how trains used to run over 100 years ago.

They burned coal to produce steam which gave them power.

Train!

Debbie, there's a steam engine! Oh!

Before the train can set off,

the driver needs to hook up the carriages to the steam engine.

-And then they come together now.

-Slowly, slowly, slowly... Oh!

-THEY CHEER

-That's it!

Good job, driver!

So this is the steam engine and I'll show you how it all works.

It's my job to make sure this needle stays high, near the red line,

as much as possible. I do that by putting the coal in the fire.

Can you make the engine toot?

ENGINE TOOTS

-So, what do you think about that?

-I like it.

-Yeah?

-You like it?

The train is now ready to go. Better be quick!

-TICKET EXAMINER:

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Off we go!

-TRAIN TOOTS

Debbie...

the train is moving now.

The train is moving.

You're on a real steam engine. How exciting!

What?

The light... Oh, it's an old one.

The luggage rack. To put our things, to put the bags...

-You want to count the sheep?

-One...two...three...

-Uh-huh.

-..four...

-Uh-huh.

-..five...

-Uh-huh.

-..six...

-Uh-huh.

-..seven...

-Uh-huh.

-..eight...

-Uh-huh.

-..nine...

-Uh-huh.

-..ten.

-How about that one?

-Ten.

-Ten sheep? Oh, that's...

that's lovely.

Debbie, are you enjoying your trip on the steam train?

Yeah, you love it.

The fourth thing into the memory box is the old steam engine.

Today, Debbie went on a train. Do you remember what happened?

Let's have a look in the memory box.

First, Debbie went on a model train.

Then Debbie went on a real train and got her tickets checked.

Next, Debbie went to look around some old trains

and had afternoon tea.

And, finally, Debbie went on an old steam engine.

Today, Debbie went on a train. There's a first time for everything!