Carl Ottinger loans his antique railway system to Pepper Pete's Pizza Parlor for Oakdale History Month, but the theft of engine could mean the end of Pepper Pete's unless Wishbone and his friends can solve the case.
A mystery in which Wishbone, the television dog, and his friend Joe Talbot work to clear their friend Damont Jones after he is accused of stealing an antique basketball trophy from the new boy in town, Timmy Ashbury.
When other players on the basketball team suspect Joe of playing the practical jokes which are destroying their morale, Wishbone helps his pal find the real culprit.