Dinosaur Train: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dinosaur Train Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Trains, Submarines and Zeppelins: Part 1
Dec 7, 2015
When Mr. Pteranodon and Larry go out to the Big Pond to find some red platanoids for the Winter Solstice Celebration, they accidentally miss the last train home. Will Larry and Mr.
Trains, Submarines and Zeppelins: Part 2
Dec 7, 2015
As the Winter Solstice Celebration approaches, Mr. Pteranodon, Larry Lambeosaurus, and their new friend Mr. Seastar still can’t seem to find a way home. As Mr. P and Larry continue
Rollin' on The Riverboat Part 1
Mar 7, 2016
The whole Pteranodon Family takes a rollicking adventure on the Dinosaur Train Riverboat! Buddy and Don vow to spend every minute together, but while Buddy wants to spend all his t
Rollin' on The Riverboat Part 2
Mar 7, 2016
While still rolling down the river on the Dinosaur Train Riverboat, Grandpa Pteranodon tells Buddy about the Legend of Admiral Globidens – a HUGE Mososaur that supposedly lives on
Nest Swap
Mar 8, 2016
The Pteranodon Family decides to take a little vacation and swap nests with Larry’s friends: a family of pterosaurs (Nemicolopterus, to be exact). But when the Pteranodon Family ar
The Herd is The Word
Mar 8, 2016
Tank Triceratops is really excited to show Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, and Don his favorite picnic spot, but when they arrive, the spot is overrun with a whole herd of Triceratops. Tank an
Stop and Smell The Flowers
Mar 9, 2016
Mom takes Tiny, Buddy, and Don on a super secret daytrip to Qianzhousaurus Pond, where they meet Quentin Qianzhousaurus – a Tyrannosaur with similar features to Buddy, except for o
Moms' Campout
Mar 9, 2016
Mrs. Pteranodon organizes a “Mom’s Campout” with other moms and kids in the neighborhood. While on the way to the campout, Mr. Conductor challenges the kids to make a real “nature
Where Have All The Lizards Gone?
Mar 10, 2016
The Conductor takes the Pteranodon Family for a special trip to Lizard Island, where they discover that it’s been overrun by plants and bugs, and there are few precious lizards lef
Conductor's Sleepover
Mar 10, 2016
With a hurricane looming, the Pteranodon Family convinces the Conductor to leave his train for the night and come with them to the safety of their hurricane shelter (a large, under
Junior Conductors Academy: Part One
Apr 6, 2016
The kids are all excited! Why? Because they’re off to Junior Conductor’s Academy in Laramidia, to try to become Junior Conductors First Class. Buddy has a feeling he’s going to be
Junior Conductors Academy: Part Two
Apr 6, 2016
Now that Buddy and Dennis are friends, they have to work together (with the other kids) in order to pass a series of tests. If they succeed, they’ll receive their Junior Conductors
Crystal and King Benefit Concert (1)
Apr 25, 2016
Crystal and the King organize a benefit concert to prevent over-fishing of the Big Pond.
Crystal and King Benefit Concert (2)
Apr 25, 2016
Crystal gets stage fright when she's getting ready to perform at the concert.
Spooky Tree
Oct 17, 2016
Shiny invites Annie Tyrannosaurus to Pteranodon Terrace for a sleepover, but all Annie wants to do is investigate the “spooky tree” that Don says “comes alive at night.” All Shiny
Spinosaurus Super Model
Oct 17, 2016
When Don stumbles across a stick that looks EXACTLY like Old Spinosaurus, he’s determined to have the grumpy old dinosaur pose for his sculpture (so he can get the Spinosaurus’s fe
What's at the Center of the Earth? (1): Layers
Feb 20, 2017
The Conductor takes the Pteranodon family on a very special journey on a new invention - the Drill Engine Train - in search of the perfect spot for a new Underground Dinosaur Train
What's at the Center of the Earth? (2): Fossils
Feb 20, 2017
As the Pteranodon Family continues their journey underground, Don accidentally breaks Buddy's trilobite fossil (the oldest fossil in his collection!) When the search for another tr
What's at the Center of the Earth? (3): Troglobites
Feb 20, 2017
The Drill Engine Train burrows into an underground limestone cave, where the Pteranodon Family meets some strange creatures without eyes called "troglobites." In a contest to see w
What's at the Center of the Earth? (4): Minerals
Feb 20, 2017
While digging even further underground, the drill bit on the Drill Engine Train breaks. The Pteranodon Family find themselves in the Cave of Giant Crystals, where they learn all ab