Shining Time Station (1989)
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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Episode 1 - Becky Makes a Wish
Release Date: 1993-03-21Becky 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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Episode 2 - Schemer's Alone
Release Date: 1993-03-21Schemer'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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Episode 3 - Bully for Mr.Conductor
Release Date: 1993-03-21Buster (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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Episode 4 - Stacy Cleans Up
Release Date: 1993-03-21The station organizes a huge recycling campaign and help a man to have a new recycling career.
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Episode 5 - Schemer's Robot
Release Date: 1993-04-19Schemer 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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Episode 6 - Billy Saves the Day
Release Date: 1993-04-20There 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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Episode 7 - Billy's Thanksgiving
Release Date: 1993-04-21It 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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Episode 8 - Fortune Teller Schemer
Release Date: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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Episode 9 - Billy's Runaway Train
Release Date:The station organizes a play about a railroad engineer.
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Episode 10 - Schemer Camps Out
Release Date:Schemer goes camping but forgets to pack all the important camping equipment.
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Episode 11 - Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin
Release Date:Kara asks Mr. Counductor's twin to clean up for her, but instead he makes a mess around the station.
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Episode 12 - Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station
Release Date: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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Episode 13 - Mr. Conductor's 4th of July
Release Date: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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Episode 14 - Stacy Forgets Her Name
Release Date:Stacy smelled a special rose and forgets everything. Schemer sees the occasion to get her to sell the station.
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Episode 15 - Schemer's Special Club
Release Date: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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Episode 16 - Mr.Conductor's Movie
Release Date: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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Episode 17 - The Joke's on Schemer
Release Date: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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Episode 18 - Dance Crazy
Release Date: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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Episode 19 - Mysterious Stranger
Release Date: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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Episode 20 - Dan's Big Race
Release Date: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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Episode 21 - Mr. Conductor's Gets Left Out
Release Date: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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Episode 22 - Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk
Release Date: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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Episode 23 - The Mayor Runs for Re-Election
Release Date:Schemer helped Mayor Flopflinger improve his image for his election against Rich Richhouse.
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Episode 24 - Stacy Says No
Release Date: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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Episode 25 - How the Station Got Its Name
Release Date: 1993-06-11Kara, 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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Episode 26 - Family Special: Once Upon a Time
Release Date: 1995-01-04When 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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Episode 27 - Family Special: Second Chances
Release Date: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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Episode 28 - Family Special: One of the Family
Release Date: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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Episode 29 - Family Special: Queen for a Day
Release Date: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 Sta
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Episode 30 - Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1)
Release Date: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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Episode 31 - Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (2)
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Episode 32 - Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (3)
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Episode 33 - Mr. Conductors Thomas Tales (4)
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Episode 34 - Second Chances
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