The Railway Children

E. Nesbit’s beautiful story of The Railway Children has faired well in many excellent and faithful adaptations on stage and screen. It is always refreshing however to return to the original book. The story has a charm and a depth which raises it, like all the best children’s literature, to something which can be appreciated by all ages.

Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter, through their adventures on the railway begin to come of age as they face thrilling adventures and meet new friends. Nothing is sugar coated by Nesbit; there is real danger, there are real human conflicts to be navigated and over it all hangs the dark cloud of their missing father.

1. Opening Credits
2. Chapter 1: The Beginning of Things
3. Chapter 2: Peter's Coal-Mine
4. Chapter 3: The Old Gentleman
5. Chapter 4: The Engine-Burglar
6. Chapter 5: The Prisoners and Captives
7. Chapter 6: Saviours of the Train
8. Chapter 7: For Valour
9. Chapter 8: The Amateur Firemen
10. Chapter 9: The Pride of Perks
11. Chapter 10: The Terrible Secret
12. Chapter 11: The Hound in the Red Jersey
13. Chapter 12: What Bobbie Brought Home
14. Chapter 13: The Hound's Grandfather
15. Chapter 14: The End
16. Closing Credits