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I miss this show!!!, 31 December 2001
Author: zcst (zcst@hotmail.com) from Maryland, USA

When I was very little I remember going to my grandparents house for a visit often. I can remember very clearly watching "Shining Time Station" on there TV in the mornings. There was Barney, and Sesame Street but I clearly remember watching "STS". I couldn't believe it when it came off the air. I guess my kids will never have the same experience that I had from watching Thomas the Tank engine and all his friends and Mr. Conductor and his little whistle. The stories that Mr. C. told were a lot of fun to listen to. I really miss it and if you have any information on were I can buy "STS" videos anywhere than that would be wonderful. Go ahead and E-mail me.

(zcst) Esti H.

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A Timeless Childrens Show, 1 June 2002
Author: pinkprincess88 from Michigan, USA

What else can be said about this show? It was educational, entertaining, and most of all classic. I LOVED this show when I was a toddler, and even if I saw it today, I would still be entertained and enlightened. The Thomas the Train segments were also inspirational. If only the childrens shows of today were like that!

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One of the best series ever for kids, 29 February 2000
Author: Filmjack3 from United States

The Shining Time Station is a great series for kids. It showcases what is good in the world of trains and teaching lessons that are good for them. Also, the show can be funny at times. But of course, what brings the show to be one of the best is the acting by George Carlin as Mr. Conductor (he received a Emmy nomination for it). Entertaining and enlightening throughout.

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Terrific Show!, 4 July 2001
Author: Lho3323370 from United States, California

I used to watch this show when I was three years old. They have great acting. My old friend Loney has some videos of this show. I have not seen this show in a long time. I saw it back when it was on PBS. now it is on Fox Family. It is about a train that moves.

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Shining Time Station, 3 May 2005
Author: courtneygbsn from United States

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I've seen this program when i was a little kid. The first time I saw Thomas the tank engine I didn't like it. But when I watched it a few times I enjoyed it. My favorite Character was Schemer, he was so funny the way how he loves nickles and he has that crazy curl on his hair. And I will never forget Mr. Conductor. That little man who lives in the wall. Every time if the kids are depressed or mad he tells them a story about Thoamas the tank engine and friends. The first few episodes were better. But some of the later episodes were a little boring but I still liked it because Schemer was still there. I was very disappointed when PBS took this show off the air. This was the best television program on PBS.

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What a Great Show!, 23 February 2003

Author: patjk910 from McKees Rocks, Pa

For me, I really liked Shining Time Station. I liked it they have both Ringo Starr and George Carlin as Mr. Conductor. I did like Ringo Starr as Mr. Conductor, I like it every time he appear and disappear. But, when George Carlin was Mr. Conductor I really like him, he was my favorite. I really liked the kids on the show my favorites were Dan, Kara, Becky, Matt, and Tanya after all they all were cousins on the show. I saw an episode when they had all 5 kids on there, it was when the kids wanted to play baseball and Scheemer was their coach, it was funny. I even saw the first episode of the second season, when it was Halloween and the characters Dan, Kara, Becky, Mr. Conductor played by George Carlin and Billy Twofeathers was introduced, Matt and Tanya was on their too. I wish that Shining Time Station was back on the air so families everywhere can watch it with their kids.

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It's one of my favorite shows growing up!, 22 October 2000
Author: (moodyblu6905@yahoo.com) from San Antonio,TX

This program series has been one of my favorite shows to watch ever since I was eight years old. Didi Conn is my favorite actress and my favorite line from the show is when her character answers the phone with, "Hello, Shining Time Station, Stacy Jones speaking."

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Valuable lessons from a train station, 22 July 2007
Author: Guitar_8020 from Guelph, Ontario, Canada

I was born 1986, so my memories of the early 1990s are obviously not my clearest, but I do have many positive memories from that time, including memories of various TV shows. "Shining Time Station" is one of the TV shows I remember from the first half of that decade. I remember watching it regularly for a while, seeing it just before "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" came on. I must have seen reruns of the early '90s kids' programme after its demise as well, because I can recall definitely seeing it after 1993.

The show was set in a train station called Shining Time Station (hence its title). Main characters included Stacy Jones (the station master), Billy Twofeathers (the railroad engineer), and Schemer (the buffoon who owned the station arcade). In Schemer's arcade was a juke box with puppet singers/musicians inside. There were also kids in the show named Becky, Kara, and Dan, who regularly talked to Mr. Conductor, an 18'' inch man who would tell them stories of Thomas the Tank Engine (with sequences using characters from "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends") and teach them lessons. With all the trouble taking place at Shining Time Station, there were many life lessons to be learned.

Like most kids' shows of this kind, "Shining Time Station" was educational. The lessons that the characters learned could be taught to the young viewers of the show. To entertain its viewers, the show had adventure, humour, good quality characters, songs performed by the puppets in the juke box, etc. A major highlight of the show was Schemer, a character who was responsible for a lot of the humour in the show. He could really annoy other characters, but could also sure give viewers some good laughs!

I guess I didn't catch the show right from the beginning, as I cannot remember the Harry Cupper character (the original engineer who was replaced by Billy Twofeathers in Season 2), nor can I remember Ringo Starr (a former narrator for "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends", and best known as the drummer for The Beatles in the 1960s) playing Mr. Conductor (he was replaced in the role by George Carlin in Season 2). So, I guess it's clear that I missed Season 1, but of all those shows I saw way back, I probably didn't see every episode of many of them, if any. I may have seen more of other shows than "Shining Time Station", but this show has still left me with positive (and permanent) memories, and I know many others who watched the show in their childhood can say the same!

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Shining Time Station, 24 October 2006

Author: robotwarsandrazerfan1 from United States

I loved watching Shining Time Station on PBS when I was really little. It is a shame that they eventually took it off of the air. It was educational, funny, and fun to watch. It taught kids, like me, about important lessons in life. I miss that show so much. I can still hear the theme song when I am in a quiet place and I think back to those good old days. I wish they would bring it back. It meant so much me and many, many others. I hope that someday soon they either bring it back on TV or they release the original episodes on VHS and DVD, the way they were shown on TV when they originally aired. Please, bring it back!

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Another One of My Favorite Shows!, 30 July 2002
Author: (robocoptng986127@aol.com) from U.S.A

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I've enjoyed this show ever since I was a little kid.

All the characters, Mr. Conductor, Stacy Jones, Schemer, the kids, so entertaining. The later episodes were just as good as the earlier ones. Ringo Starr was a great Mr. Conductor. I like the way he told

the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. He had such a good voice for it, but in season 2, they dumped him and got George Carlin. Who we needed to get used to, and we did. So Mr. Conductor changed from British to New Yorker. Alot of changes were made in season 2. The two kids, Matt and Tanya, were replaced by three kids: Dan, Kara and Becky. Harry was replaced by Billy Twofeathers. They're all cousins of the original characters. The only two remaining cast members were Stacy and Schemer. One of the episodes I liked, is where Schemer buys a robot that falls in love with his juke box, or the one where he installed televisions in the station and the kids watched the commercials and bought the stuff. The Thomas stories were good too. I don't have an individual favorite. Remember the one where James is pushed down the hill by the freight cars and crashes right into the tar wagons? Or how about the one where Henry goes flying off the rails? Another classic is when Gordon rolled right into a ditch. Also, remember the episode where Sir Topham Hatt found Percy in the workshop? The other engines in the shop were actually Gordon, James, Henry and Edward under sheets to create mystery models. The engines always encountered new friends. Like the time Edward rescued Trevor from the scrap yard, or when Terence the tractor rescued Thomas from a snow bank, and when Thomas raced Bertie the bus. Do you also remember these: Thomas get's in trouble with the law; Diesel get's Duck in trouble; Donald finds a duck on his tender; Percy races Harold the helicopter; Thomas accidentally goes to breakfast at the station master's house; Bill and Ben meet Boco and take him to be a freightcar thief; And Douglas rescues Oliver from scrap. I could go on and on. The newer characters consisted of Rusty the little diesel, whom was never identified as a boy or girl. Rusty was always refered to as "Rusty" or "The Little Diesel". It was never said if the little diesel was a boy or girl. Like Pat from Saturday Night Live; This show isn't on TV anymore. I suppose they just couldn't find room for a classic like this. Thomas stories are on video.

Shining Time Station was on Fox Family for a bit, but they had commercials! Anyway, Shining Time Station was a fabulous show! This, and Mister Rogers, were my favorite shows as a child. In fact, they still are!

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