Shining Time Station

Seasons

1989

8.2

TV-G

At seemingly a ordinary train station in a small American town, extraordinary things happen including a tiny man called "Mr. Conductor" who tells stories about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends.

Episode List

S1 • E1

A Place Unlike Any Other

Stacy Jones reopens Shining Time Station, after being closed for several years.

S1 • E2

Does It Bite?

Tanya meets Mister 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. A local man named Horace Schemer is revealed to be the new owner of the station's jukebox.

S1 • E3

And the Band Played Off

Stacy makes an error on the train schedule. This incident causes a train passenger to miss out on his train ride, and he gets very upset. Matt, Tanya and Mister Conductor assist Stacy and seriously inform her that people often mess up, as long as they learn from their errors.

S1 • E4

Pitching in and Helping Out

Mister Conductor shows the kids that a lot of nice things can be designed with a ball of string. The kids use it to design decorations and assist Schemer tie his shoes.

S1 • E5

Show and Yell

Matt and Tanya do a puppet show. It is not successful at first, but with the assistance of Harry, Stacy and Mister Conductor, the kids learn that they should always try their best and not quit on their goals.

S1 • E6

Faith, Hope and Anxiety

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

S1 • E7

Agree to Disagree

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

S1 • E8

Whistle While You Work

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

S1 • E9

Two Old Hands

Mister Conductor refuses to speak to Harry because he thinks Harry will not enjoy him. Matt and Tanya encourage Mister Conductor to prepare a surprise birthday party for Harry.

S1 • E10

Happy Accidents

Matt and Tanya learn about the importance of being careful in order to avoid serious accidents.

S1 • E11

Ring in the Old

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

S1 • E12

Impractical Jokes

Schemer enjoys being a prankster on people at the station. When one of his pranks backfires, he learns that some times are better than others to do pranks.

S1 • E13

Finders Keepers

Matt and Tanya find a saxophone in the station's lost and found. The kids hope that if the owner does not claim it in time, they can keep it. Matt and Tanya soon realize that she has lost the necklace that was given to her by her grandmother.

S1 • E14

Just Wild About Harry's Workshop

Schemer wants to turn Harry's workshop into a snack bar. He learns that the workshop is very important to the station when his jukebox breaks down and seriously becomes aware that Harry cannot mend the jukebox if he does not own the workshop.

S1 • E15

Promises, Promises

While Stacy is absent, Schemer buys many jukebox items and transforms the station into an amusement park. Later, Stacy gets into trouble with J. B. King who plans to close the station for good.

S1 • E16

Word's Out

The station has a reduced train schedule and everybody is concerned that the station is being forced to close for good. Midge Smoot arrives and seriously informs them how the station is very important to them.

S1 • E17

Too Many Cooks

Schemer accidentally uses cocoa powder rather than chili powder in a sandwich spread recipe for the mayor of East Shemp. The mayor demands a new version of it by lunchtime, so Stacy and the kids assist Schemer in preparing the sandwich spread.

S1 • E18

Mapping It Out

Schemer talks Matt and Tanya into going on a train ride without telling anybody. This incident causes Stacy and Harry to worry about them. The kids later learn that they always need to tell an adult where they will be going for their destination.

S1 • E19

Things That Go Ga-Hooga in the Night

Everybody camps out at the station at night. Schemer uses the occasion to frighten everyone, but his plan backfires and he turns out to be the person who is afraid of the dark.

S1 • E20

Is This the End?

J. B. King Esquire announces that the station will close for good, but he later decides to let it permanently stay open due to his beloved popular juggling circus clown stopping by there very often and learns that Mister Conductor resides there.