TFO (Firm)

It takes a lot of work to keep the city running, but these tough machines are on the job! Explore a real fire truck and see how it works. Find out where the garbage goes, and watch enormous tractors roll it into place. Follow street sweepers and tall tree trimmers as they keep the city clean and green.

Watch as Big Boy the cement truck mixes it up, while Flying J the fuel tanker keeps all those engines at the truck stop purring along. See how a truck is built in the assembly plant, and see a truck that transforms itself into an amusement ride. Head out on the highway and get ready to rumble with the Mighty Machines.

Building an airplane: A jet airplane is one of the fastest machines on the planet. But have you ever seen one being made? It all goes together like a jigsaw puzzle! Once it's assembled, a test pilot takes the jet out for a flight. Will it pass the test? Soon the jet is ready to get to work flying people all over the world; Ride the mountain rails!: Work train is busy keeping the tracks in good shape. It takes the power of three engines to get up the...

A bridge collapses and strands a Mammoth Islander and his mammoth on a small island. A young Islander discovers the principle of buoyancy when she observes wood floating on the water, and this aids in the rescue.

Some of the Mammoth Islanders decide to explore the far side of a distant mountain ridge on a breezy spring day. Halfway up the steep trail, they become trapped and must be rescued by a hot air balloon.

A visiting inventor and two young Mammoth Islanders create a machine to cool off on a hot summer day.

Two young Mammoth Islanders and a visiting inventor learn the properties of light by observing a room full of crystal trophies. They learn that light waves can do three things when they strike an object: they can bounce, they can pass through; or they can be absorbed. The Islanders also studied lenses to bend light, and they looked through telescopes, periscopes, and binoculars.

Meet the machines that drive the highways and fly the skyways! See what it takes to transport a race car to the track, and watch the crew get it ready to scream around the track on the big day. Jet off to the airport and go behind the scenes as planes of all sizes prepare for takeoff. Fasten your seatbelts and hit the road with an 18-wheeler as it journeys on a long adventure.