Shining Time Station

Shining Time Station is a children's television series which ran on PBS from 1989 until 1993, with additional specials airing in 1995. The series spotlighted the daily activities of the eponymous train station and its staff and visitors, while incorporating stories originally aired on Thomas and Friends. Mr. Conductor, a tiny pixie-like figure with magical powers, was often at the center and narrated the Thomas stories.
==References==
*In the Aliens in the Family episode "Cookie Makes Some Dough", Heather ends up shrinking from Snizzy's zit remover. She complains that at ten inches tall, she'll never have a boyfriend. Snizzy quips, "We can always fix you up with Mr. Conductor from Shining Time Station."
*While not a reference to the Shining Time series directly, a 2010 appearance by Elmo on the British series Milkshake! has him whistling a snatch of the "Engine Roll Call" song (introduced on the Thomas & Friends series in 2004) while presenter Naomi Wilkinson holds a hand made Thomas card.
==Muppet Mentions==
*In the episode "Two Old Hands," Matt receives a copy of the 1987 Sesame Street coloring book "Ernie's Book of Animals."
*In the episode "Mr. Conductor's Movie," Stacy tells Schemer he should wait until he knows what the director needs. Schemer's response: "Little lady, let me tell you what the director: needs he needs a star name because star names sell tickets! John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Bird, and now Super Schemer!"
*In "How to Have Style à la Schemer" (a "Schemer Presents" vignette for video releases), Schemer does a Kermit the Frog voice when he shakes his mannequin to make it look like it's talking.
==Notes==
* Walk-around versions of the Sesame Street Muppet characters appeared as a part of Bill Clinton's first inaugural parade in 1993, as did cars or floats representing other PBS series, including Shining Time Station (on Thomas the Tank Engine), Barney & Friends, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
==Connections==
* Don Arioli wrote 3 episodes (1991-1993)
* Peter Baird puppeteered Grace the Bass
* Colin Fox played Hobart Hume III in "Schemer's Special Club" (1993)
* Olga Felgemacher puppeteered and voiced Didi
* Paul Fierlinger animated the songs "Don't Be Afraid", "Bounce Back", "Baking a Cake", and "Follow Directions" in season 1
* Jonathan Freeman puppeteered and voiced Tito Swing
* Myra Fried played a train passenger in "The Joke's on Schemer" (1993) and Ms. Smith in the Schemer Presents video "How to Be Smart"
* Jill Golick wrote 7 episodes (1991-1993)
* Leonard Jackson played Harry Cupper in the first season (1989) and the special "One of the Family" (1995)
* Tom Jackson played Billy Twofeathers (1991-1995)
* Gregory Lehane directed 17 episodes (1989-1991)
* Wayne Moss directed 13 episodes (1993)
* Gerry Parkes played Barton Winslow (1991-1993)
* Lonny Price sang "Start Where You Are" in "A Place Unlike Any Other" (1989)
* Joe Raposo composed the theme song to the show
* Ringo Starr played Mr. Conductor in the first season (1989) and the Christmas special "'Tis a Gift" (1990)
* Ellis Weiner wrote 16 episodes
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* Alec Baldwin was the US narrator of the fifth and sixth series of Thomas & Friends, and portrayed Mr. Conductor in Thomas and the Magic Railroad 
* Hugh Bonneville voiced Merlin in Thomas & Friends
* Pierce Brosnan narrated The Great Discovery (2008)
* Cal Dodd sang the song "It's Halloween" (2016 web video)
* Robert Hackborn was the visual developer for Thomas and the Magic Railroad
* Ron Haddrick narrated some mini books in Australia
* Liz Hara wrote the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go episode "Counting Cows"
* Jamie Jackson-Moore made models and sets for the first series of Thomas & Friends
* Robin Kingsland wrote episodes of Thomas & Friends during the sixth and seventh series.
* Steven Kynman voiced characters on Thomas & Friends from the sixteenth to the twenty-fourth series.
* Paul Larson wrote episodes of Thomas & Friends from the sixth series to the twenty-fourth series.
* Niki Lytton wrote episodes for Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
* Nigel Plaskitt provided the narration for the Reverend W. Awdry's letter to his son Christopher on some television broadcasts and DVDs of Thomas & Friends
* Lee Pressman wrote episodes of Thomas & Friends from the seventh series to the twenty-second series.
* Kerry Shale voiced characters in Thomas & Friends from Hero of the Rails to the twenty-fourth series.
* Simon Spencer was the producer for Thomas & Friends from the eighth series to the special The Great Discovery and wrote episodes of the eleventh and twelfth series.
* Jocelyn Stevenson was the executive producer for Thomas & Friends for HiT from the seventh series to the tenth series
* Ed Welch was the songwriter and song composer for Thomas & Friends from the eighth series to the special The Great Discovery.
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