Shining Time Station
Series· 1989–1995· 30m

Shining Time Station

7.6IMDbFamily

Shining Time Station is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.

Creators:
Britt Allcroft, Rick Siggelkow

Shining Time Station is a 1989 English family series created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. It spans 3 seasons and 75 episodes. The cast is led by Didi Conn, Tom Jackson and George Carlin. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6.

Synopsis

Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York City and then in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British TV show Thomas & Friends. The series aired on PBS from January 1989 to June 1993, but aired re-runs until 1997. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian TV networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas the Tank Engine film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

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Last aired
S3 · E29Family Special: Queen for a Day

Cast

Seasons

Season 31993
34 episodes
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    E1Becky Makes a Wish
    · 30m

    Becky hopes that something special would happen in the station. Suddenly, unexpected things happen like Schemer and Stacy switching personnalities and the mayor flying like a bird across town.

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    E2Schemer's Alone
    · 30m

    Schemer's Mommy goes out of town. Schemer misses her, so he has Midge Smoot, the kids, Barton Winslow, and Ginny waiting on him, catering to his every whim. However, when they realize they get paid with nothing more than IOUs, they start to revolt...

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    E3Bully for Mr.Conductor
    · 30m

    Buster (J.B. King's nephew) came and ordered everyone to listen to him. Mr. Conductor told Dan that he should not be afraid of Buster.

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    E4Stacy Cleans Up
    · 30m

    The station organizes a huge recycling campaign and help a man to have a new recycling career.

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    E5Schemer's Robot
    · 30m

    Schemer purchases a robot to help run the arcade. However, this proves to be a big mistake when the robot falls in love with the jukebox!

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    E6Billy Saves the Day
    · 30m

    There is a concert organized by Felix. The kids rehearsed with instruments, Schemer does a rap song and Billy performs a folk song.

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    E7Billy's Thanksgiving
    · 30m

    It is Thanksgiving and Billy is very busy. He has to go get Schemer who has been stranded on a train, drive Ginny to buy dinner and join some friends.

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    E8Fortune Teller Schemer
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    When Schemer's fortune telling machine correctly predicts the weather,- therefore helping Ginny save her tomato crop- Schemer becomes conceited, and becomes El Schemo. Stacy, the kids, and Mr. Conductor are all against this. Could it have something to do with the head of the doll in the machine suddenly looking like Mr. Conductor's???

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    E9Billy's Runaway Train
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    The station organizes a play about a railroad engineer.

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    E10Schemer Camps Out
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    Schemer goes camping but forgets to pack all the important camping equipment.

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    E11Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin
    · 30m

    Kara asks Mr. Counductor's twin to clean up for her, but instead he makes a mess around the station.

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    E12Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station
    · 30m

    It's Friday the 13th at Shining Time Station. Schemer encourages Schemee to sell fake good luck charms he made; Vynil horseshoes, Plactic 4- leaf clovers, and rabbits feet made from a wool coat. However, Schemee takes his technique of scaring people into buying them just a LITTLE too far.

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    E13Mr. Conductor's 4th of July
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    While people are outside listening to Stacy's speech on freedom, Schemer and Schemee turn the station upside down to look for gold. Schemee vaccuum away Mr. Conductor's magic dust and he can't disappear anymore.

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    E14Stacy Forgets Her Name
    · 30m

    Stacy smelled a special rose and forgets everything. Schemer sees the occasion to get her to sell the station.

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    E15Schemer's Special Club
    · 30m

    Schemer wants to join the Nickelaire club, so he begins acvting like the leader, Hobnart Hume III. However, Schemer has second thoughts when Hume criticizes Billy, Stacy, and the Kids. When he tells schemer to lose the curl, that is the final straw!

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    E16Mr.Conductor's Movie
    · 30m

    When a movie producer arrives, everyone gets excited and wanted to become part of the film. They all went and got costumes hoping to be part of the movie.

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    E17The Joke's on Schemer
    · 30m

    It is the day before Schemer's favorite holiday(april fool's day), and don't the kids know it! They dread Schemer's pranks, so they decide to play a trick on him; They tear a page off Stacy's calendar, so it reads April first. Schemer walks in, and sees this, exclaiming that everyone's going to be out to get him. So he rigs up a bunch of pranks, including whoopie cushions, ""Ararararar Teeth"", and lining the entrance to the arcade with ""Super Sticky Space-Age Goo"". However, everyone thinks that Schemer is even wierder than usual, and it just so happens that J.B. king is coming so Schemer can renew his arcade lease. It would've worked out, but Schemer regarded the whole thing as a big joke, and shredded the lease! Soon, Schemer discover's the kids's prank- just as some movers start packing up the arcade machines!

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    E18Dance Crazy
    · 30m

    Ginny helps Schemer practice for a dance contest. Dan is shy to dance in front of people because he is afraid that Becky and Kara will tease him.

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    E19Mysterious Stranger
    · 30m

    Everyone is scared when things start to disappear in the station. The kids wanted to stay late at the station to catch the thief.

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    E20Dan's Big Race
    · 30m

    Dan cannot participate in a bicycle contest because his bike is broken. Mr. Conductor cheered him up by telling him stories.

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    E21Mr. Conductor's Gets Left Out
    · 30m

    The kids watched too much tv and forget everything else like going to a baseball show, canoe ride, and traveling zoo.

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    E22Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk
    · 30m

    Mr. Conductor is asleep when his magic dust went out of control. He wanders around, gets lost and cannot spread his magic dust at night to help everyone sleep.

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    E23The Mayor Runs for Re-Election
    · 30m

    Schemer helped Mayor Flopflinger improve his image for his election against Rich Richhouse.

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    E24Stacy Says No
    · 30m

    Stacy creates new rules in the station and forgets abot her friends. This prevents Dan from playing games and Billy from going fishing.

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    E25How the Station Got Its Name
    · 30m

    Kara, Becky and Mr. Conductor went back in time to get a missing part for a lantern. They meet Billy's, Schemer's, and Stacy's grandparents.

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    E26Family Special: Once Upon a Time
    · 30m

    When Becky made a wish, a cowboy painting on the mural came to life. His name was Ned Kincaid and he became great friends with Stacy Jones. No one knew that Ned Kincaid was just a fictional cowboy coming from the mural from many centuries ago. Schemer got jealous when no one paid attention to him so he decided to start a train full of passengers in order to impress everybody. Suddenly, the train started to move, so Schemer got scared and he jumped out. The train was moving at high speed, but there was no driver. Ned Kincaid came to the rescue and ran after the train on his horse. He managed to jump on the train and save everybody from a big accident. By the end of the day, Ned Kincaid disappeared back into the painting in the mural. That evening, while Stacy was preparing to go home, a man came to the station. To her surprise, the man was very simliar to Ned and his family name was also Kincaid!

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    E27Family Special: Second Chances
    · 30m

    Billy's nephew Kit came to visit the station. He ran into trouble when he accidentally broke the window of the signal house. Meanwhile, Schemer's baseball team was practicing for an upcoming game. Kit decided to join the team, but he was having a lot of problems hitting the ball and did not felt too good about himself. He had a talk with an old man named Max who gave him some good advices. Max lived alone in the signal house and was a former baseball player. He taught Kit how to play baseball and was a great source of inspiration for the young boy. When Kit was falsely accused of painting on the baseball scoreboard, he felt rejected and decided to leave. However, Max managed to stop Kit's train from departing the station. Meanwhile, Schemer's team was playing against the Snarlyville baseball team. Kit was encouraged to join Schemer's team during the last inning. Thanks to Max's advice, Kit hit a home run to give his team the win. Kit also became good friends with his uncle Billy once a

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    E28Family Special: One of the Family
    · 30m

    Mr. Conductor's sister visited him at the station. At the same time, Kara's grandfather Harry also came for a visit. He buit a small racing car for Kara and wished that she would participate in the annual race. However, Kara had other plans and didn't want to do everything that Harry wanted her to do. Meanwhile, Mr. Conductor got very upset when his sister used her magic to play tricks on people. During the day of the race, Kara thought about how she had been unfair to Harry. So he decided to participate in the race at the last minute. Unfortunately, the wheel on her car was broken. Sister Conductor decided to help as she and Mr. Conductor flew on a plane and drop a useful tool in Kara's pocket. Kara usedthe tool to fix her car, and she managed to won the race. At the end, she dedicated the trophy to her grandfather Harry.

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    E29Family Special: Queen for a Day
    · 30m

    As the queen and the prince were travelling on a train, two thieves detached their train wagon. The royal family accidentally ended up at Shining Time Station. Nobody knew that the queen was a real one. The queen also brought her jewelry in the station, but forgot them when she went to Ginny's house for tea. It was Schemer who found the jewelry and he decided to keep it for himself. Meanwhile, the prince met Becky, Kara and Kit and became friends with them. He was very happy because he got a chance to hang out with ordinary people, a wish that he always wanted to fulfill. The next day, it was the talent show at Shining Time Station. The kids performed a play, while Schemer showed his singing talents by chanting the song ""My Queen!"" The two theives suddenly interrupted the show and began to chase after the queen and Schemer in order to rob the jewels. Schemer and the queen escaped on a motorcycle while the theives chased them on a truck. The theives were later stopped by JB King and S

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    E30Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1)
    · 30m

    In this episode it focused around things being lost or misplaced because Mr.Conductor had lost his whistle. In the end, he had sent it to TFC to be polished.

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    E31Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (2)
    · 30m
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    E32Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (3)
    · 30m
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    E33Mr. Conductors Thomas Tales (4)
    · 30m
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    E34Second ChancesFinale
    · 30m
Season 21991
20 episodes
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    E1Scare Dares
    · 30m

    It was the day before Halloween and Matt and Tanya were writing letters to their cousins Dan and Kara about what happened at Christmas and how Mr. Conductor's cousin came to the station and about Harry being transferred to Chubby Corners and Billy Twofeathers took his place in the workshop at the station. Then came Halloween and Kara, Matt, and Tanya were dressed up in their costumes and they are looking for Dan. And, Dan told Stacy that he didn't got a costume yet. Then Dan and Kara meet Mr. Conductor for the first time. Then they introduced Becky to the station. The kids bet on Dan to go in the workshop and steal Billy's flute, but Billy help Dan make a costume for him. And when the kids got back to the station Dan scared the kids with his costume and he wanted to go trick or treating. And Mr. Conductor put a light in Schemer's pumpkin to make it real and scared him away.

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    E2Oh, What A Tangled Web
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    Dan and Kara pretend to have jobs and tell Becky that she can have a party in the station. This caused them to run in trouble with J.B. King.

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    E3The Magic is Believing
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    Amazo the magician comes to visit and he forgot all his tricks. Becky learns about magic when she discovers Mr. Conductor. Billy helped Amazo be more confident, which helped the magician perform his tricks in front of an audience.

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    E4Win, Lose or Draw
    · 30m

    The kids enter a drawing contest. Becky does not like her picture, so she asks Mr. Conductor to use his magic and draw her a nicer picture. Schemer steals Billy's ink to draw a self-portrait, but finds out that it is disappearing ink. At the end, Becky learned to appreciate her original drawing and she won third prize.

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    E5Sweet and Sour
    · 30m

    The kids sell lemonades and cookies. Schemer and Schemee came along and encouraged them to raise the prices and sell low-quality products. When Midge Smoot bought the cookies and found out how awful tasting they were, she got mad at Schemer.

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    E6Achoo
    · 30m

    Mr. Conductor has a cold, but still wants to go to the South Pole and visit his penguin friends.

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    E7A Dog's Life
    · 30m

    Schemer found Ginny's lost dog and gave it to the kids.

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    E8Field Day
    · 30m

    The kids went to play baseball and Schemer is their coach. Schemer sends Schemee to spy on the opponent's team.

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    E9Wrong Track
    · 30m

    Becky was supposed to hold on the money for Stacy's party. Schemer is sad and wants to hear some music, so Becky spends all of the money on the arcade.

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    E10Washout
    · 30m

    There is a big storm in the Indian Valley. Schemer took out all the signal lights from the store room and put them in the pouring rain. The bridge over the river has been washed out by the storm and the Shining Time staff has to find a way to signal the trains that there is no more bridge.

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    E11Crackpot
    · 30m

    Dan collects tickets, Kara collects leaves, Becky collects buttons and Schemer collects combs. Kara is sad when she accidently broke Stacy's tea set.

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    E12Yabba, Yabba, Yabba
    · 30m

    Schemee uses walkie talkie to spy on everyone. He also reads Becky's mail and turn the station upside down looking for toys.

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    E13Nickel In A Pickle
    · 30m

    Schemer takes an old cash register from the dump, and when it won't open, he gives it ""The Schemer Touch""- opening it, and flinging him back over the railing, getting a splinter! Will this splinter be the cause of Schemer's quitting the arcade???

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    E14Stop the Press
    · 30m

    The kids wrote a newspaper. They learned the difference between creative writing and reporting real news stories.

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    E15He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
    · 30m

    It's Valentine's Day at SHINING TIME STATION, and Mr. Conductor is hard at work as Cupid's helper. When Stacy accidentally walks through a cloud of Mr. Conductor's magical love dust, the course of true love goes wildly astray and she falls in love -- with Schemer!

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    E16Double Trouble
    · 30m

    Mr. Conductor's evil twin causes trouble in the station, and everyone thinks that it is Mr. Conductor's fault.

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    E17Is Anybody There?
    · 30m

    Schemer decides to broadcast a radio show from his arcade. Thing are going good so far- that is, until the record skips, the kids and Felix Perez ambush Schemer, demanding air time, and Schemer botches the Mayor's birthday announcement for his wife!

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    E18Do I Hear
    · 30m

    When Billy and Stacy went away, Schemer organized an auction and sold everything in the station to pay for his broken jukebox.

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    E19Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
    · 30m

    The kids and Schemer enter a slogan contest. Schemer thinks that the winning prize is $2400, so he plans to buy the station and build a parking lot.

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    E20All's FairFinale
    · 30m

    It is the annual fair festival, and Schemer and Stacy enter a pie-making contest.

Season 11989
21 episodes
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    E1A Place Unlike Any Other
    · 30m

    Matt, Stacy, Tanya and Harry arrive at Shining Time Station. They find out that the station is an old, but very special place. ""Like they say, there is just something about this place...""

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    E2Does It Bite?
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya meet Mr.Conductor for the first time and become friends with him. Matt learns to overcome his fear and realizes that he should not be afraid of Harry.

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    E3And the Band Played Off
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    Stacy made a mistake on the train schedule. This causes a train passenger to miss his train, and he gets very upset. Matt, Tanya and Mr.Conductor helped Stacy and made her realize that people often make mistakes, as long as they learn from them.

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    E4Pitching In And Helping Out
    · 30m

    Mr. Conductor shows the kids that a lot of nice things can be made with a ball of string. The kids use it to make decorations and help Schemer tie his shoes

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    E5Show and Yell
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya did a puppet show. It was not a success at first, but with the help of Harry, Stacy and Mr.Conductor, the kids learn that they should always try their best and never give up.

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    E6Faith, Hope and Anxiety
    · 30m

    The kids are sad because Harry could not take them fishing. Stacy cheers them up and told them not to let this disappointment ruin their day.

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    E7Agree to Disagree
    · 30m

    Matt wants to read a book, but Tanya wants him to play. They get into an argument. They learn that they can do different things and still be friends.

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    E8Whistle While You Work
    · 30m

    Schemer thinks that little jobs (like cleaning up the station) are not important. This causes him to have some problems and he later learns to take more responsibility.

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    E9Two Old Hands
    · 30m

    Mr.Conductor does not want to talk to Harry because he is afraid that Harry will not like him. Matt and Tanya encouraged Mr.Conductor to prepare a surprise birthday party for Harry.

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    E10Happy Accidents
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya learn the importance of being careful to avoid accidents.

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    E11Ring in the Old
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya learn to appreciate old people and realize that old people have a lot to share with young people.

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    E12Impractical Jokes
    · 30m

    Schemer likes to play jokes on people. When one of his jokes backfires, he learns that some times are better than others to play jokes.

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    E13Finders Keepers
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya found a saxophone in the lost and found. When the concerned owner of the saxophone comes to the station to look for the instrument, the kids learn that it is wrong to take something that belongs to someone else.

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    E14Just Wild about Harry's Workshop
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    Schemer wants to turn Harry's workshop into a snack bar. When his arcade broke down, he learns how important the workshop is. He realizes that without the workshop, Harry cannot fix his arcade.

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    E15Promises, Promises
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    When Stacy was absent, Schemer bought many arcade items and turned the station into an amusement park. Later, Stacy gets in trouble with J.B. King, who wants to close the station.

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    E16Words Out
    · 30m

    The station has a reduced train schedule and everybody is concerned that the station would be forced to close. Midge Smoot comes and convinces the people to realize how important the station is.

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    E17Too Many Cooks
    · 30m

    Schemer uses the wrong ingredients to make a sandwich spread for the mayor's party. The mayor got mad at Schemer, so Stacy and the kids help Schemer prepare a new sandwich spread.

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    E18Mapping it Out
    · 30m

    Matt and Tanya go on a train ride without telling anyone. This causes Harry and Stacy to worry a lot. The kids learn that they must always tell an adult where they are going.

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    E19Things that Go Ga-Hooga! in the Night
    · 30m

    Everybody camps out at the station at night. Schemer uses the occasion to scare everyone, but his plan backfires and at the end, it is him who is scared of the dark.

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    E20Is This The End?
    · 30m

    Everybody is sad because J.B. King announces that the station will close.He later changes his mind when he learns that Mr.Conductor lives at the station.

  • E21Tis' a GiftFinale
    · 30m

    The week before Christmas has everyone at Shining Time Station wrapped up in the holiday bustle as the adults bicker over who is playing Santa's Little Helper. Matt and Tanya are left with Vicki, a little girl unwilling to experience the joys of the season. When the mysterious stranger called Mr. Nicolas (Lloyd Bridges) arrives and makes a lasting impression on Vicki by teaching her the true spirit of the holidays.

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Shining Time Station — frequently asked questions

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How many seasons of Shining Time Station are there?
Shining Time Station has 3 seasons and 75 episodes.
When did Shining Time Station first air?
Shining Time Station first aired on 29 January 1989.
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