This collection has 22 free train coloring pages: seven steam locomotives in open country, six modern diesels and express trains, six simple side-on trains, and three cartoon engines with faces. Every page is black and white on US Letter, downloads as a free PDF, and needs no signup.
One page in the set does something none of the others do: it draws six different carriages and wagons separately, laid out in rows with space between them — a boxcar, a tanker, a hopper, a flatbed, a passenger coach and a caboose. That makes it usable for naming the parts of a train, or for cutting out and arranging in your own order, which is a different activity from coloring a picture of one.
What’s in this collection
Seven steam locomotives, six modern trains, six simple side-on pages and three cartoon engines — 22 in total, in the grid below. Each has its own Download PDF and Print button, so you can take one page instead of the whole set.
Steam locomotives
Seven pages draw the old machines properly: a smokebox seen head-on with the cowcatcher below, a locomotive rounding a bend with smoke trailing back over the carriages, one crossing a plain with mountains behind, one pulling into a small station. Coupling rods, wheel spokes, rivets and boiler bands are all drawn in — the most detailed pages in the set.
Modern trains
Six pages move to the present: a streamlined express emerging from a tunnel, a diesel on a mountain curve, a passenger train crossing a bridge over a river, one running under a night sky with a crescent moon. The bodywork is smooth and the windows repeat in a neat row, which makes these faster than the steam pages without being simpler to look at.
Simple side-on trains and the carriage sheet
Six pages keep it flat and easy: an engine and two carriages seen straight from the side, wheels as plain circles, track as two parallel lines. One of those is the carriage layout sheet described above. These are the pages for ages 3 to 6 — and the carriage sheet is the one to print twice, once to color and once to cut up.
Cartoon engines
Three pages give the engine a face, with round eyes above the smokebox and a smile across the front. Thick outlines, few internal lines, and a plain landscape behind — the friendliest pages here and a good bridge for a child who finds the realistic locomotives too busy.
How to print these
Every page is US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), pure black and white, with the drawing inside the printable margin. Plain copy paper is fine; choose “Fit to page” if your printer asks. Print the steam pages at normal or best quality — the coupling rods and wheel spokes are the finest lines and draft mode merges them into the wheel.
FAQ
Is there a page showing different kinds of carriage?
One — six wagons and coaches drawn separately with space around each, which works for naming them or for cutting out and rearranging.
Which pages suit a three-year-old?
The simple side-on trains and the three cartoon engines. Plain circles for wheels, two lines for track, nothing small.
Are there steam and modern trains both?
Yes: seven steam locomotives with rods and rivets drawn in, and six modern diesels and expresses with smooth bodywork.
Do I need a color printer?
No. Every page prints in black and white; the color comes from your crayons or pencils.
For a friendlier take on the same subject, the Thomas the Train coloring pages draw every engine with a face, and the printable coloring pages library holds the rest of the free PDF sets on the site.