Shining Time Station: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shining Time Station is a railroad station located in the Indian Valley. The station master is Stacy Jones and the engineer is Henry "Harry" Cupper was in the first season, he was replaced by Billy Twofeathers in the second season. There is also an arcade with a Jukebox. The owner of the arcade is the humoristic Schemer who likes to play tricks on people. An 18-inch man named Mr. Conductor lives in a painting on the station wall. He was played by Ringo Starr in the first season, but when his character left to go to the North Pole in the Christmas special, he was replaced by George Carlin and he played his cousin Mr. Conductor who would replaced him at the station in the seond season and stay there for the entire run of the show. He goes to the Island of Sodor and tells stories about Thomas the Tank Engine.

Series details

• Title: Shining Time Station
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1989-01-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-11-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8468
• IMDb ID: tt0098910
• TVDB ID: 77080

Cast and credited roles

• George Carlin — Mr. Conductor
• Ringo Starr — Mr. Conductor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-01-29; final listed air date 1990-11-25; episode order: 21.
• Season 2: premiered 1991-11-18; final listed air date 1991-12-27; episode order: 20.
• Season 3: premiered 1993-03-26; final listed air date 1993-09-17; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 1995-01-07; final listed air date 1995-12-18; episode order: 4.
• Season 5: premiered 1996-10-07; final listed air date 1996-11-11; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shining Time Station on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.