For teachers, librarians & curious classrooms
From storytime to the real world of trains
Rally brings the magic of fiction to life by connecting children’s literature with the real world of trains. After reading Rally Takes the Train, children can explore 650 train museums through verified guides and discover the fascinating history, engineering, and stories behind real trains, all through trusted historical sources.
One little corgi. A whole world to explore.
In Rally Takes the Train, a corgi travels along the California coast to visit his grandparents. The story introduces young readers to the excitement of a real train journey, from the conductor and the view outside to the courage it takes to travel through a dark tunnel.
When the story ends, the learning can keep going. Teachers and families can use Rally’s adventure as a starting point for questions about how trains work, where railroads came from, and the people who built and operated them.
Explore 650 train museums
Help children connect the train in Rally’s story to real locomotives, railways, artifacts, and the people behind them. Our collection of 650 train museum guides is designed to support exploration of railroad history through museum information and historical sources.
History
Discover how railroads connected communities and shaped the places we live.
Engineering
Ask how locomotives move, how tracks guide trains, and what makes a railway work.
Stories
Meet the people, places, and journeys that make railroad history come alive.
Bring the story into your classroom
Start with a read-aloud, then invite children to imagine their own train journey. What would they pack? What might they see out the window? How would they feel traveling through a tunnel?
Build on those questions with a museum guide, a discussion about real trains, or an activity inspired by Rally’s adventure.
- Read: Share Rally’s rhyming train journey with your class.
- Wonder: Encourage questions about trains, travel, feelings, and family.
- Discover: Explore real railroad history through museum guides and historical resources.
- Create: Use coloring pages and printable activities to continue the lesson.
- Fiction to fact Begin with a story children enjoy, then introduce real-world questions and discoveries.
- 650 museum guides Explore train museums and their connections to railroad history.
- More than trains Encourage curiosity, reading, history, engineering, and emotional learning.
Let curiosity leave the station.
Start with Rally. Keep exploring with real trains, history, and hands-on learning.