Den excentriske opfinder Wallace konsturerer et par mekaniske bukser. Desværre bruger hans lejer, Pingvin, bukserne til juveltyverier, og var det ikke for Wallaces kloge hund Gromit, var det hele sikkert gået grumme galt.
Tyskland efter sammenbruddet i 1945. Til det totalt ødelagte land ankommer amerikaneren Leo Kessler, hvis forældre var tyskere. Hans onkel har skaffet ham ansættelse ved jernbanerne. På togrejser gennem landet bliver han vidne til opløsningen. Han møder Katharina. Hun er datter af jernbaneselskabets direktør, som er tvunget til at samarbejde med de allierede, men begår selvmord. Katharina er i høj grad interesseret i Leo. Det viser sig imidlertid, at hun har tilknytning til de såkaldte varulve, en gruppe fanatiske nazister, der gennemfører terroraktioner mod de allieredes besættelsestropper og bl.a. bruger små børn ved aktionerne. Da Leo og Katharina er blevet gift, vil varulvegruppens leder Siggy presse Leo til at hjælpe med en sabotageaktion.
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
Since 1941, four generations have been thrilled and delighted by the Museum's impressive train exhibit. In 2002, an all new train exhibit was introduced. It was greeted with wild enthusiasm by both kids and grown-ups. The Great Train Story shows the importance of railroads today by focusing on four major functions - inter-modal transportation, passenger service, transporting grain, and moving raw materials. Each of these stories is told by taking visitors on a 2200 scale-mil journey between Chicago and Seattle.