[[WMG: (1991 film) Eric is the father of both Jason and Kim, from ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie.'']]

Look at [[http://hero.wikia.com/wiki/File:Eric.jpg Eric]], then compare him to [[http://carebears.wikia.com/wiki/File:Tumblr_m9g9z98blk1qa3oco_(1).jpg Jason]]. They look ''very'' identical to each other, the difference being that Jason has no freckles (and neither does Kim, for that matter). And it almost makes sense for Eric to have been Jason and Kim's dad; the 1991 adaptation seemed to be set between the 1930s and the 1940s (maybe after WWII ended?), while ''The Care Bears Movie'' was released in 1985.

[[WMG: The birthday train isn't as high priority as the passenger and freight trains.]]

When Tower is telling Georgia that she's taking the birthday train, he refers to it as "that load of toys and stuff over there". Plus, he doesn't seem to be in any hurry to find another locomotive to take it after Georgia has broken down. It's likely that he doesn't see the birthday train as being anywhere near as important as the other trains on the railway.