Apple Blossom's Train

Apple Blossom's Train, retitled A Big Day for Apple Blossom in American releases, is the fifth episode of the first season.

Plot
Apple Blossom the Green Apple’s main job as station pilot is to collect the coaches that the Shopkins need to pull their trains. Recently, Apple Blossom has been grumbling about only getting to collect the coaches, wanting to pull passenger trains instead. The other Shopkins laugh at Apple Blossom, telling her she is so impatient she would be bound to leave something behind. Apple Blossom is determined to get a chance to prove them wrong.

That night, Apple Blossom and Macy Macaron are alone in the shed as Macy Macaron is ill. The workmen try their hardest to make her better but fail when it is no use. Apple Blossom feels sorry for Macy Macaron, who feels just as bad the next morning when she is due to take the early train. It is time for Apple Blossom to get the coaches ready, so she starts to hope she will be allowed to pull the train if Macy Macaron is not able to. She excitedly leaves to fetch the coaches.

Apple Blossom quickly gets the coaches to the platform and is eager to run round in front. Her driver does not let her, telling her she needs to be less impatient. Soon, all the passengers are aboard and the coaches are ready to leave and there is still no sign of Macy Macaron, much to Apple Blossom's excitement. Rainbow Kate arrives to see what is going on and is told about Macy Macaron. She tells the stationmaster to find another Shopkin and, as Apple Blossom is the only one available, she allows the green apple to take the train.

Apple Blossom, full of joy, quickly moves to the front of the coaches despite her driver again warning Apple Blossom not to be impatient, but wait until everything is ready. No one knows what happens next - maybe Apple Blossom is too impatient to wait, maybe the driver has pulled the lever by mistake, or maybe the crew had forgotten to couple Apple Blossom to the coaches. Regardless, Apple Blossom leaves the station without the coaches and the passengers are very surprised and angry. The men in the signal box outside the station try to stop Apple Blossom by shouting and waving, though Apple Blossom thinks they are cheering.

Apple Blossom sails along the line, thinking pulling coaches is easier than she was told. She keeps seeing people waving at her and assumes it is because she has never pulled a train before. Eventually, Apple Blossom is stopped at a signal set to danger. Apple Blossom is angry at being stopped when she was sailing through nicely and blows her whistle, alerting the signalman who asks what Apple Blossom is doing on this part of the line. Apple Blossom explains she is pulling a train, but the signalman asks her where the coaches are. Apple Blossom is horrified when she realises she has left her train behind. The signalman tells Apple Blossom she better go back and get them. Apple Blossom is very upset at her mistake and is ready to cry. The driver tells Apple Blossom not to be upset and Apple Blossom sadly heads back to the station.

At the station, all the passengers are complaining to Rainbow Kate about what happened, but when Apple Blossom arrives and they see how upset and sorry she is, they forget to be cross and allow her to try again. This time, Apple Blossom is properly coupled to the coaches and she gets the chance to really pull the train. However for a long time afterwards, the other Shopkins laugh at Apple Blossom for her mistake, much to her annoyance.

Characters

 * Apple Blossom
 * Macy Macaron
 * Putrid Pizza
 * Rainbow Kate
 * Peppa-Mint (cameo)
 * Lippy Lips (cameo)
 * Kirstea (cameo)
 * Raylene Rainbow (cameo)
 * Jeremiah Jobling (cameo)

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Shopville Series book, Apple Blossom the Green Apple.
 * The events of this episode were retold in The Adventure Begins.
 * In the restored version of the episode, the close-up shots of Apple Blossom's whistle are different.
 * Davey Moore has cited this episode as being one of his favourite model series episodes, alongside Bitzy Biscuit and the Boulder.