An old train engine endeavors to be useful despite the more modern transportation now available in the big city. The story was taken from a highly popular storybook series. Traditionally animated movie Toei based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.
| Directing | Takeshi Tamiya | Director |
| Writing | Eimei Yamamoto | Screenplay |
| Art | Tadanao Tsuji | Art Direction |
| Production | Shunichi Toishi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Isao Matsuki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Isao Matsumoto | Screenplay |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Music |