Ernest the Train

Ernest the Train is an old, talkative gray 0-4-4 steam engine who appears in Reader Rabbit 1 Deluxe. He pulls 3 flatcars that carry correct words that rhyme & sound the same and have two of the same letters to Wordville. He has black eyebrows and blue eyes and a black moustache under his pink nose and face in Reader Rabbit 1 Deluxe. He also has a tender for carrying coal.

In Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 and Reader Rabbit's Reading 2, he is a blue 2-4-0 engine with baby-blue wheels and tank, red funnel and his face has white eyebrows and a white moustache. He also lacks his tender until the scene after completing the game.

He makes a cameo appearance in Reader Rabbit Reading Adventures Ages 4-6.

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Quotes

Reader Rabbit 1/Reader Rabbit's Reading 1

"Hi (Chuckled) I’m Ernest the big steam engine. When you load me up, I will take all of your words to Wordville."
"Hey You two could you show them how to load my train?"
"When we've make all of the words, we'll take them on up to Wordville."
"Hey, that’s it!"
"Thank you very much."
"Good job! That word goes on the train!"
"Great, that word has two letters that are the same."
"Mmmm Hhmmmm, you got it."
"There’s another one."
"Great job! I’m leaving with all my cars!"
"Hooray! Wordville, here I come!"
"All aboard!"
"Mmm Hhhmmmm."
"Let’s load my cars!"
"Hhhhmmmmm, doesn't fit."
"Well, I’ll go to Wordville with a light load."
"Hhhmmmm, a short train this trip."
"On my way to Wordville!"
"Here we go!"

Reader Rabbit 2/Reader Rabbit's Reading 2

"Hello, Reader Rabbit!"
"Why, yes, I’m chugging around the whole town! Why don’t you join me?"
"So, Reader, what should we do today?"
"Oh, no. I don’t know about that."
"Wait, I was just..."
"Whoa!"
"Oh, Reader, I’m too old to race. Building words is hard enough!"
"All aboard for Word Mine!"
"All aboard for Vowel Pond!"
"All aboard for Match Patch!"
"All aboard for Alphabet Dance!"
"Have a good flight on Zigzag, you kids!"

Reader Rabbit's Interactive Reading Journey

"Wordville, here I come!"