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1989 TV series or program
Shining Time Station
Shining Time Station title screen
Created byBritt Allcroft
Rick Sigglekow
StarringRingo Starr (1989-1990)
George Carlin (1991-1993)
Didi Conn
Leonard Jackson (1989)
Tom Jackson (1991-1993)
Nicole Leach (1989-1990)
Jason Woliner (1989-1990)
Erica Luttrell (1991-1993)
Ari Magder (1991-1993)
Danielle Marcot (1991-1993)
Brian O'Connor
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes77
Production
Running time22-23 minutes
Original release
NetworkPBS
ReleaseJanuary 29, 1989 –
June 11, 1993
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Shining Time Station is an award winning American 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 shot first in New York and then in Toronto. 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..

Background

Once Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends had become a critical and commercial success in the UK, Allcroft and her production company teamed up with PBS Station WNET in New York to produce and distribute the sitcom-esque Shining Time Station. Every episode of the show would include a couple episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. The series starred Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Didi Conn, Brian O'Connor and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Ringo Starr, who had already been providing the voice of the story-teller for the British series, agreed to extend the role to include the on-screen character Mr. Conductor in Shining Time Station. He later left the show and was replaced by George Carlin.

The series received much critical acclaim. In a review for Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker states that, compared to the faster paced Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, "Shining Time Station wants to slow things down; it's an old- fashioned show that creates a gentle, lulling atmosphere to convince children that life is fun and that trains are the way to travel."

Awards

Gemini
Parents Choice
Action For Children's Television
Angel
3 Emmy Nominations

Overview

Shining Time Station is a train station that resides on the Indian Valley Railroad. The station is managed by Stacy Jones, the station master whose grandmother, Gracie Jones (who gave the station its name), ran the station when she was Stacy's age. The station's workshop is run by railroad engineer and mechanic Harry Cupper. In the second season, Harry is transferred to a new station in Fort Farley and is replaced by Billy Twofeathers.

A local named Horace Schemer (simply called Schemer by his friends) runs the station's arcade and is always finding new ways to make more money or to protect his arcade. He serves as the series' comic relief. Schemer thinks that strange goings-on in the station happen because the station is haunted. His catch phrases include "Genius time" (for when he has an idea), "Schemer's system of success" (for when he wants to impress his friends) and "This place is haunted". Starting in the second season, Schemer would sometimes be aided in his schemes by his nephew, Schemee.

Harry's granddaughter, Tanya, and Stacy's nephew, Matt, also visit the station occasionally. In the second season, three new children visit the station: Harry's second granddaughter, Kara; Stacy's second nephew, Dan; and a new girl named Becky.

Other visitors to the station include various townspeople, such as socialite and gossip Midge Smoot, farmer Ginny Johnson, general store proprietor Barton Winslow, bus driver Felix Perez, the town's mayor Osgood Bob Flopdinger (referred to as the mayor of East Shemp in his initial appearance), and J.B. King, Esq., the superintendent of the Indian Valley Railroad.

There is a jukebox inside the arcade that houses a band that perform for the nickels that are dropped inside. The band consists of Didi the drummer, cowboy twin brothers Tex and Rex who together play between them one guitar larger than them, Grace who plays bass guitar, and Tito the leader who plays the piano and collects the nickels they accumulate.

Mr. Conductor is a tiny man who lives in a signal house inside the station's mural and tells the stories of "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" to the kids. He can teleport in a cloud of his magic gold dust. In the second season, it is learned that he went to the North Pole at the end of the Christmas special and his cousin, also named Mr. Conductor (or Mr. C for short), moved into the signal house and took on the role that his cousin played in the first season.

Cast

Series Regulars

  • Didi Conn - Stacy Jones
  • Brian O'Connor - Horace Schemer

Season 1 Regulars

Christmas Special Characters

Seasons 2-3 Regulars

Recurring Characters (Full Series)

  • Jerome Dempsey - Mayor Osgood Bob Flopdinger
  • Mart Hulswit - Mr. J.B. King, Esq.
  • Bobo Lewis - Midge Smoot

Recurring Characters (Season 2-3)

  • Barbara Hamilton - Ginny
  • Jonathan Shapiro - Schemee
  • Gerard Parkes - Barton Winslow
  • Aurelio Padrón - Felix Perez

The Jukebox Band

  • Olga Marin - Didi
  • Alan Semok/Rory Dodd - Tex
  • Craig Marin - Rex
  • Jonathan Freeman - Tito Swing
  • Vaneese Thomas - Grace the Bass (1989-1990)
  • Beverly Glenn - Grace the Bass (1991-1994)

Series' Segments

  • Flexitoons Puppets & Marionettes - The Jukebox Band
  • Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends - Storytellers Ringo Starr & George Carlin
  • A song with a cartoon, a stop motion clip, or a live action clip

Episodes

Season 1 (1989)

# Title Thomas Story 1 Thomas Story 2 Juke Box Band Song Music Video
1 A Place Unlike Any Other Thomas Gets Tricked Edward Helps Out I've Been Working on the Railroad Start Where You Are
2 Does it Bite? Come Out, Henry! Henry to the Rescue Camptown Races Don't Be Afraid
3 And the Band Played Off A Big Day for Thomas Trouble for Thomas Tuba's Melody Learn from Your Mistakes
4 Pitching In and Helping Out Thomas Saves the Day James Learns a Lesson Railroad Corral  
5 Show and Yell Foolish Freight Cars A Proud Day for James Freight Train  
6 Faith, Hope and Anxiety Thomas and the Conductor Thomas Goes Fishing    
7 Agree to Disagree Terence the Tractor Thomas and Bertie's Great Race Abilene We Do Things Differently
8 Whistle While You Work Tenders and Turntables Trouble in the Shed Pop Goes the Weasel Let's All Work Together
9 Two Old Hands Percy Runs Away Thomas Comes to Breakfast A Railroader's Bride I'll Be Baking a Cake
10 Happy Accidents Henry's Special Coal The Flying Kipper The Wreck of Old 97'  
11 Ring in the Old Toby the Tram Engine Thomas Breaks the Rules Train is A' Comin' Old But Wise
12 Impractical Jokes A Cow on the Line Old Iron When Johnny Comes Marching Home  
13 Finders Keepers Double Trouble James in a Mess Desperado  
14 Just Wild About Harry's Workshop Duck Takes Charge Percy Proves a Point Union Train What Goes Around Comes Around
15 Promises, Promises Better Late Than Never Pop Goes the Diesel Oh! Susanna  
16 Words Out Diesel's Devious Deed A Close Shave for Duck Jesse James Be Good To Yourself
17 Too Many Cooks Gordon Takes a Dip Down the Mine Casey Jones  
18 Mapping it Out The Runaway Percy Takes the Plunge Red River Valley Follow Directions
19 Things That Go Gahooga in the Night Percy's Ghostly Trick Woolly Bear Oh My Darling, Clementine  
20 Is This the End? Saved from Scrap A New Friend for Thomas Little Black Train  

Holiday Christmas Special (1990)

# Title Thomas Story 1 Thomas Story 2 Juke Box Band Songs Music Video
21 'Tis a Gift TV: Terence the Tractor VHS: Thomas' Christmas Party TV: Thomas' Christmas Party VHS: Thomas & The Missing Christmas Tree Over the River and Through the Woods, Jingle Bells, It's Christmastime at the Railway Station, Tis' the Gift The Hobo Song

Season 2 (1991)

# Title Thomas Story 1 Thomas Story 2 Juke Box Band Song
22 Scare Dares Percy's Ghostly Trick Thomas, Percy and the Dragon Midnight Special
23 Oh, What a Tangled Web Diesel's Devious Deed No Joke For James Mama Don't Allow
24 The Magic is Believing Old Iron Edward's Exploit Nine Hundred Miles
25 Win, Lose or Draw Double Trouble Gordon and the Famous Visitor Arkansas Traveler
26 Sweet and Sour Donald and Douglas The Deputation Erie Canal
27 Achoo! Trust Thomas Whistles and Sneezes Cosher Bailey's Engine
28 A Dog's Life James in a Mess The Trouble with Mud Home on the Range
29 Field Day Percy Proves a Point Thomas and Bertie's Great Race Take Me Out to the Ballgame
30 Wrong Track Thomas Saves the Day Down the Mine Sweet Betsy from Pike
31 Washout Bertie's Chase Percy's Promise Cumberland Gap
32 Crackpot Woolly Bear Henry's Forest John Henry
33 Yabba, Yabba, Yabba Pop Goes the Diesel Diesel Does It Again
34 Nickel in a Pickle Thomas Comes to Breakfast Thomas Gets Bumped
35 Stop the Press Percy and the Signal A Big Day for Thomas
36 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
37 Double Trouble The Diseasel Donald's Duck This Train
38 Is Anybody There? Thomas Goes Fishing A Scarf for Percy Chattanooga Choo Choo
39 Do I Hear? Mavis Toby's Tightrope The Riddle Song
40 Jingle, Jingle, Jingle Time for Trouble Trouble for Thomas The City of New Orleans
41 All's Fair Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party The Railroad Cars are Coming

Season 3 (1993)

# Title Thomas Story 1 Thomas Story 2 Juke Box Band Song
42 Becky Makes a Wish All at Sea Celito Lindo
43 Schemer Alone Percy, James and the Fruitful Day Polly Wolly Doodle
44 Bully for Mr. Conductor Bulgy Jamaican Farewell
45 Stacy Cleans Up James Goes Buzz Buzz A Hundred Miles
46 Schemer's Robot Tenders and Turntables Trouble in the Shed Strollin' Through the Park
47 Billy Saves the Day A New Friend for Thomas Get on Board
48 Billy's Party Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure We Gather Together
49 Fortune Teller Schemer Thomas and the Conductor A Cow on the Line Turkey in the Straw
50 Billy's Runaway Train A Close Shave for Duck
51 Schemer Goes Camping Percy Takes the Plunge Crawdad
52 Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin Heroes Danny Boy
53 Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station Gordon Takes a Dip
54 Mr. Conductor's 4th of July Escape Patriotic Medley
55 Stacy Forgets Her Name Thomas Gets Tricked Lullaby Medley
56 Schemer's Special Club Oliver Owns Up Old Joe Clark
57 Mr. Conductor's Movie Tender Engines No Business like Show Business
58 The Joke's on Schemer Wrong Road This Old Man
59 Dance Crazy Percy Runs Away
60 Mysterious Stranger Come Out, Henry! Henry to the Rescue Waltzing Matilda
61 Dan's Big Race Henry's Special Coal The Flying Kipper Michael Row Your Boat Ashore
62 Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out One Good Turn
63 Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk Better Late Than Never
64 The Mayor Runs for Re-Election James Learns a Lesson Foolish Freight Cars
65 Stacy Says No! Duck Takes Charge
66 How the Station Got Its Name Toby the Tram Engine Thomas Breaks the Rules Cowboy Medley

TV Family Specials (1995)

# Title Thomas story 1 Thomas story 2 The Jukebox Band Songs
1 Once Upon a Time Rusty to the Rescue Thomas & Stepney Lonestar Trail Medley, Buffalo Gals Medley, What's New Pussycat?
2 Second Chances Granpuff Sleeping Beauty Down in the Valley, Skip to My Lou, Freight Train, Take Me Out to the Ball Game
3 One of the Family Toad Stands By Thomas & the Special Letter If My Friends Could See Me Now, Long, Long Ago, This Land is your Land
4 Queen For a Day Thomas Meets the Queen Special Attraction Hunt the Buffalo, Greensleeves / Scarborough Fair, Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1996)

# Title Story 1 Story 2 Story 3 Story 4 Story 5 Song
1 Paint the Town Red Come Out, Henry! Fish Whistles and Sneezes Henry & the Elephant Bulldog Let's Have a Race
2 Splish, Splash, Splosh Passengers and Polish Gallant Old Engine Bertie's Chase Peter Sam & the Refreshment Lady You Can't Win Gone Fishing
3 Missing Whistles Bulls' Eyes Train Stops Play Percy's Ghostly Trick Thomas, Percy & the Dragon Special Funnel Really Useful Engine
4 Wildlife Four Little Engines Trouble for Thomas Toad Stands By Thomas Saves the Day Rusty Helps Peter Sam Toby
5 For the Birds A Bad Day for Sir Handel Steamroller Old Iron Double Trouble Bowled Out Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
6 Wish You Were Here Thomas, Percy & The Mail Train Mind That Bike Rock N Roll Home at Last Thomas & The Special Letter Island Song

Merchandising Video

  • Stacy Cleans Up Volume 1
  • Schemer Alone Volume 2
  • Bully for Mr. Conductor Volume 3
  • Becky Makes a Wish Volume 4
  • Sweet and Sour Volume 5
  • Billy's Party Volume 6
  • Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin Volume 7
  • Schemer's Special Club Volume 8
  • The World According to Me Schemer
  • The Jukebox Band
  • The Jukebox Band A Day in the Life
  • The Jukebox Band Lullaby
  • 'Tis a Gift

Thomas & Friends Ertl Trains

1989-1990

  • Thomas
  • Edward
  • Henry
  • Gordon
  • James
  • Percy
  • Toby
  • Annie and Clarabel
  • Henrietta
  • Duck
  • Diesel
  • The Express Coaches
  • The Old Coaches
  • Troublesome Trucks
  • Milk and Tar Tankers
  • The Breakdown Train

1991-1992

  • Bill
  • Ben
  • Donald
  • Douglas
  • Daisy
  • Boco
  • Mavis
  • Oliver
  • City Of Truro
  • Sodor Mail Coaches
  • Toad

1993-1994

  • Sodor Fuel Wagons

Thomas & Friends Trains

In 1989 when Shining Time Station was to begin, Thomas was a success in USA and The Lionel Train Company who made big scale 1 trains made several sets. These trains are 43mm gauge which is the closest commercially available to the ones used for filming (When the TV shows started Gauge 1 (37mm) models based on Marklin mechanisms were used) The original Gauge 1 (G scale) sets are becoming collectable particullarly original 1993 sets with the play mat and yellow track. In 1994 James the Red Engine with Troublesome Trucks followed in G scale. A re-release of Thomas in G followed in 2000, using sets made outwith the US. These later sets are distinguishable by the brown railway sleepers and interchangeable couplings (bachmann style included).

G Scale

  • Thomas with Annie and Clarabel
  • James with the Troublesome Trucks
  • Separate Sale Troublesome Truck
  • Accessory Pack-Set included the Sound System, a 4 1/2' by 7 1/2' Playmat, Sir Topham Hatt and Railway Staff figures, and three Thomas facial expressions
  • Yellow track was also made for the Thomas G scale line, and packs of track was sold separately with 4 Straight or Curved Track.
  • A Track Kit was made, which included four straight track, four curved track, and a Left and Right Switch Track.
  • Also, a model of Wellsworth, the windmill, and a watertower was made, and sold all together in a pack.

O Scale

  • Thomas the Tank Engine with Annie and Clarabel
  • Percy the Small Engine
  • James the Red Engine
  • Thomas Expansion Pack
  • Sodor Freight Expansion Pack
  • Devious Diesel
  • Sir Topham Hatt Gateman
  • Iron Arry and Bert

HO Scale

  • Originally produced by Hornby, the Thomas line is now available in the US from Bachmann Industries. The current lineup includes figures, structures, locomotives, and rolling stock. Most of the locomotives have eyes that will look side to side as the train moves. Most of the popular trains are available and are part of the "Standard" series.

Books

  • A book was written by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow, featuring the Juke Box Band, entitled, "This Old Band," published by Quality Family Entertainment in 1994.

Syndication

United States

  • PBS (1989-1998)
  • Fox Family (1998-1999)
  • Nick Jr. (Nickelodeon) (2000)
  • Both Fox Family and Nick Jr. aired only the last two season of STS for unexplained reasons.

Canada

  • YTV (1990-1998/99)
  • TVO (1999-2000)
  • APTN (2000-01)
  • Both TVO and APTN aired only the last two seasons of STS for unexplained reasons.

Ireland

  • TV3 (1999-2003)

Funding

Funding for the show was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the financial support of the viewers/stations of PBS.

References

  1. Whitlock, Natalie Walker (2006-11-06). l "How Thomas the Tank Engine Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Retrieved 2008-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. Tucker, Ken (1992-01-10). "Two Tickets to Ride". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-06-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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