Craig Bartlett
Director
Dinosaur Train (2009)
Season 2
Join Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family on a whimsical voyage through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans, as they unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history and paleontology.
Released Sept. 7, 2009
Episode 11 min
3+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Kids
Keywords: tmdb.dinosaur, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.prehistory, imdb.pteranodon, imdb.dinosaur, imdb.tyrannosaurus-rex, imdb.triceratops + 53 more, imdb.stegosaurus, imdb.brachiosaurus, imdb.apatosaurus, imdb.parasaurolophus, imdb.iguanodon, imdb.maiasaur, imdb.hadrosaurid, imdb.diplodocus, imdb.giganotosaurus, imdb.spinosaurus, imdb.velociraptor, imdb.deinonychus, imdb.argentinosaurus, imdb.oviraptor, imdb.troodon, imdb.daspletosaurus, imdb.allosaurus, imdb.ankylosaurus, imdb.styracosaurus, imdb.gallimimus, imdb.quetzalcoatlus, imdb.sauropoda, imdb.therizinosaurus, imdb.archaeopteryx, imdb.train, imdb.time-travel, imdb.elasmosaurus, imdb.dimetrodon, imdb.pachycephalosaurus, imdb.theropod, imdb.stygimoloch, imdb.prehistoric-animal, imdb.woolly-mammoth, imdb.utahraptor, imdb.liopleurodon, imdb.cg-animation, imdb.animals-family, imdb.corythosaurus, imdb.train-conductor, imdb.adoption, imdb.prehistoric-world, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.anthropomorphic-dinosaur, imdb.talking-dinosaur, imdb.dinosaur-as-protagonist, imdb.computer-animation, imdb.part-live-action, imdb.time-tunnel, imdb.education, imdb.preschool, imdb.prehistoric-times, imdb.dinosaur-adventure, tmdb.train
Watch Providers: Hoopla, PBS Kids Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV
Production Companies: The Jim Henson Company, Snee-Oosh Productions
Network: PBS Kids
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Dinosaur Big City, Part 1
Buddy and the Pteranodon family begin their journey on the Dinosaur Train, gathering all their Theropod friends together to travel to a really big Theropod Club Convention which is being held in Laramidia, the “Dinosaur Big City”!
Aug. 22, 2011, midnight
S2E2 - Dinosaur Big City, Part 2
The Pteranodon family continues their journey to the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City! Among the Theropod dinosaurs that ride the Train with them is King Cryolophosaurus, who sings his songs “Big Ol’ Whistle-Stop Rock-n-Roll Dinosaur Tour” and “Whole Lotta Theropods”!
Aug. 22, 2011, midnight
S2E3 - Dinosaur Big City, Part 3
The Dinosaur Train arrives in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City, and Buddy and the Pteranodon family explore the crowded “dinosaur metropolis.” At the Theropod Convention, our kids reunite with Annie Tyrannosaurus and her parents Dolores and Boris, and they all meet the multi-horned mayor, Mayor Kosmoceratops!
Aug. 22, 2011, midnight
S2E4 - Dinosaur Big City, Part 4
Buddy and Tiny help King Cryolophosaurus overcome his fear of performing in front of his biggest audience ever, and he wows a large dinosaur audience when he sings his new song, “Whole Lotta Theropods” at the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City.
Aug. 22, 2011, midnight
S2E21 - Haunted Roundhouse
Dad takes the kids on a special Night Train to Troodon Town, where the Troodons have decorated their Roundhouse into a “haunted house” for a spooky party. The kids end up meeting a strange new nocturnal creature – a mammal named Vlad Volaticotherium, who was hiding in the roundhouse trying to get some sleep.
Sept. 29, 2011, midnight
S2E22 - Big Pond Pumpkin Patch
The Pteranodon family learns more about the customs of their neighbors, the Lambeosaurus family, when they are invited for the first time to accompany them to the Big Pond to celebrate “Gourd Day” – a kind of Mesozoic Halloween. The kids see their first pumpkins, and Larry Lambeosaurus even shows our family how to hollow them out and carve faces into them.
Sept. 29, 2011, midnight
S2E5 - Stargazing on the Night Train
Sidney Sinovenator shows the Pteranodon family his favorite stargazing spot
Oct. 24, 2011, midnight
S2E6 - Get into Nature!
When the kids build their own version of a nest on the beach, below their actual family nest up on the cliff, they get the idea to turn their beach nest into a clubhouse. Shiny thinks that a clubhouse needs a club, and “the Nature Trackers” club is born! The kids decide to make their club about getting outside, getting into nature, and making new discoveries. The only problem is: which kid is in charge of the club?
Oct. 24, 2011, midnight
S2E7 - Shiny and Snakes
Shiny gets over her fear of snakes when Tiny challenges the Nature Trackers to meet the ultimate snake: the Sanajeh, a huge Cretaceous snake from what is now India. Dad takes the kids on the Dinosaur Train to find Sana Sanajeh, who may be huge, but turns out to be quite friendly. Once Shiny and Sana become friends, Shiny returns home with the knowledge that snakes aren’t scary – they’re just another part of nature!
Oct. 25, 2011, midnight
S2E8 - Tiny Loves Flowers
The family goes to the Big Pond to find buttercups
Oct. 25, 2011, midnight
S2E9 - Buddy Explores The Tyrannosaurs
Buddy wants to learn more about his ancestors
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S2E10 - Rainy Day Fight
The kids must find something in nature that helps calm them
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S2E11 - That's Not a Dinosaur
Game rules change at the Biome Block Party so that all creatures can play the games
Oct. 27, 2011, midnight
S2E12 - Tiny's Garden
The Nature Trackers gather seeds and bring them home to plant a garden
Oct. 27, 2011, midnight
S2E13 - The Earthquake
The kids meet a relative of Tank Triceratops, an early ceratopsian named Penelope Protoceratops.
Feb. 6, 2012, midnight
S2E14 - The Nursery Car
The kids discover that a nursery car has been added to the train.
Feb. 6, 2012, midnight
S2E15 - The Lost Bird
The kids learn that the train has added an aviary car.
Feb. 7, 2012, midnight
S2E16 - The Forest Fire
The kids take a hike through the woods, where they observe life returning following a forest fire.
Feb. 7, 2012, midnight
S2E17 - Dry Times at Pteradon Terrace
The family camp at Big Pond during a drought
Feb. 8, 2012, midnight
S2E18 - Big Misty Sea Fishing Contest
Dad takes part in a fishing contest.
Feb. 8, 2012, midnight
S2E19 - Hurricane at Pteradon Terrace
The family ride out a hurricane in a cave
Feb. 9, 2012, midnight
S2E20 - Rafting the Cretaceous
Two refugees from across the Western Interior Sea arrive on a raft.
Feb. 9, 2012, midnight
S2E23 - Don's Winter Wish
The Pteranodons travel to the North Pole, where Don wishes to see snow fall again.
Feb. 20, 2012, midnight
S2E24 - Festival of Lights
The Pteranodons stop to watch the aurora borealis.
Feb. 20, 2012, midnight
S2E29 - Dinos A-Z, Part 1: The Big Idea
Tiny thinks it would be fun to have a picnic with all the dinosaurs from the "Dinosaurs A to Z" song.
May 14, 2012, midnight
S2E30 - Dinos A-Z, Part 2: Spread the Word
Tiny thinks it would be fun to have a picnic with all the dinosaurs from the "Dinosaurs A to Z" song.
May 14, 2012, midnight
S2E31 - Dinos A-Z, Part 3: Classification
The Pteranodon kids learn about classification.
May 14, 2012, midnight
S2E32 - Dinos A-Z, Part 4: Picnic
Don organizes the dinosaurs by species, features and size.
May 14, 2012, midnight
S2E33 - Remember the Alamosaurus
The kids meet some of the biggest dinosaurs, including Allie Alamosaurus
Aug. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E34 - Sunrise, Sunset
The kids learn about nocturnal and diurnal animals while on an overnight camping trip with Dad.
Aug. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E35 - A Heck of a Neck
The kids meet a super long dinosaur while on a nature trackers adventure
Aug. 14, 2012, midnight
S2E36 - Gilbert Visits the Nest
Shiny is nervous about Gilbert's impending visit.
Aug. 14, 2012, midnight
S2E37 - An Apatosaurus Adventure
Apollo Apatosaurus is a long-necked, long-tailed dinosaur who likes adventure
Aug. 15, 2012, midnight
S2E38 - Nature Art
The kids make nature art on the beach.
Aug. 15, 2012, midnight
S2E39 - Arnie Rides the Flatcar
Buddy, Tiny and Mom visit their pal Arnie Argentinosaurus, who's grown so large he can't ride on the train anymore;
Aug. 16, 2012, midnight
S2E40 - Old Reliable
The kids visit a field of geysers and take a dip in the nearby hot springs.
Aug. 16, 2012, midnight
S2E41 - Tiny and the Crocodile
None
Dec. 10, 2012, midnight
S2E42 - Meet the Grandparents
None
Dec. 10, 2012, midnight
S2E43 - The Egg Stealer?
None
Dec. 11, 2012, midnight
S2E44 - To the Grandparents' Nest We Go!
None
Dec. 11, 2012, midnight
S2E45 - Double-Crested Trouble
None
Dec. 12, 2012, midnight
S2E46 - Erma and the Conductor
None
Dec. 12, 2012, midnight
S2E47 - Dome-Headed Dinosaur
None
Dec. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E48 - Treasure Hunt
None
Dec. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E25 - Dinosaur Train Submarine: Otto Ophthalmosaurus
None
Feb. 18, 2013, midnight
S2E27 - Dinosaur Train Submarine: Shoshana Shonisaurus
None
Feb. 18, 2013, midnight
S2E49 - Dinosaur Train Submarine: Maisie Mosasaurus
None
Feb. 18, 2013, midnight
S2E51 - Dinosaur Train Submarine: A Sea Turtle Tale
None
Feb. 18, 2013, midnight
S2E26 - King Meets Crystal
None
Feb. 19, 2013, midnight
S2E28 - All Kinds of Families
None
Feb. 20, 2013, midnight
S2E50 - Date Night
None
Feb. 21, 2013, midnight
S2E52 - Rocket Train
None
Feb. 22, 2013, midnight
Network: PBS Kids
Episode Runtime: 11 min.
Season Runtime: 2277 min.
Released: Sept. 7, 2009
Last Air Date: Sept. 12, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 3+
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