Tootle goes faster but loses his race lead to the horse when he turns a curve so he gets off the tracks and ties with the horse. One day when Tootle is practicing the rule a horse challenges him to a race to the river. Most important, however, is that he must stay on the rails no matter what.Bill his good friend and teacher tells Tootle that trains are not professional unless they get 100 A+ on staying on the rails no mater what. His schoolwork involves such tasks as stopping at red flags and pulling a dining car without spilling the soup. Many years later, an older and wiser Tootle teaches some new locomotives lessons, including "Stay on the rails no matter what".The protagonist is Tootle, a baby locomotive who is attending train school, hoping to grow up to be the Flyer on the New York-Chicago route. In response to the lesson learned, the town cheers for him and rewards Tootle the Flyer the route to Chicago. Having learned his lesson, Tootle gets back on the track and says that playing in the meadow only brings red flags to trains. Tootle then sees Bill with a green flag over the rails. He grows frustrated at having to stop at red flags, as trains hate nothing more than stopping. One day when Tootle is rolling down the tracks, he hops off to play in the meadow, but sees red flags everywhere in the grass. Not wanting to take away Tootle's chance at being a Flyer, Bill concocts a plan with the mayor to put Tootle back on the tracks. Bill quickly discovers what Tootle has been doing. In the days that follow, Tootle becomes fond of playing in the meadow and not staying on the rails. Tootle is faster than the horse, but loses his lead when he turns a curve, so he gets off the tracks to tie with the horse. One day, when Tootle is practicing this lesson, a horse challenges him to a race to the river. Bill, his good friend and teacher, tells Tootle that trains are not professional unless they get 100 A+ on staying on the rails, no matter what. His most important lesson is that he must always stay on the rails. His schoolwork includes tasks such as stopping at red flags and pulling a dining car without spilling the soup. Tootle hopes to grow up to be the Flyer on the New York- Chicago route.
The protagonist is Tootle, a baby 4-4-2 locomotive attending train school. As of 2001, it was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children's book in English. It is part of Simon & Schuster's Little Golden Books series. Tootle ( ISBN 0307020975) is a children's book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely in 1945.
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