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Bernd
Since: Feb, 2016
LTK
Since: Dec, 2011
Bernd
Since: Feb, 2016

From my early childhood, somewhere between 1994 and 1998, I remember watching a cartoon on Dutch TV (dubbed, not a Dutch original) about a small boy and his friend/father-figure who drive a flying locomotive in a quest to find a small girl with whom the boy was probably in love with, though it was a kid's show, so I don't remember overt romantics. The father-figure was big, black and dressed like a machinist. The art style could be somewhat like modern Professor Layton games, but flatter. I really enjoyed it back in the day. Any ideas?