Changes: Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station

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Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station is the twelfth episode of the third season.

Plot

It is Friday the 13th and Schemer encourages Schemee to sell fake good luck charms he made; Vinyl horseshoes, plastic four-leaf clovers, and rabbit's feet made from a wool coat. However, Schemee takes his uncle's technique of scaring people into buying them a bit too far.

Characters

Mr. Conductor
Stacy Jones
Billy Twofeathers
Schemer
Dan Jones
Becky
Schemee
Midge Smoot
Helga Boonswaddle
Edward (mentioned)
Henry (mentioned)
Gordon (mentioned)
James (mentioned)
Percy (mentioned)
Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)

Thomas Story

Gordon Takes a Dip

Jukebox Band Song Segment

Engine 143

Trivia

Kara does not appear in this episode.
Billy Twofeathers' act of throwing salt over his left shoulder refers to a superstition that throwing salt over your left shoulder can ward off the Devil who supposedly lurks there.
Schemer claiming Helga Boonswaddle to be a phony due to her outfit possibly references to the episode "Fortune Teller Schemer," which Schemer himself wore a similar outfit to convince people he had mystical abilities.
The title of the episode is a reference to "Bad Day at Black Rock", a 1955 motion picture starring Spencer Tracy as a war veteran confronting racial bigotry.

Gallery

Episode

Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station

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 |writer=[[Wilson Coneybeare]]
 |conductor=[[George Carlin]]
-|air date=May 6th, 1993
+|air date=June 18th, 1993
 |previous episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin (episode)|Mr. Conductor<br/>Evil Twin]]
 |next episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July|Mr. Conductor's<br/>Fourth of July]]}}
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 * [[James]] (''mentioned'')
 * [[Percy]] (''mentioned'')
 * [[Sir Topham Hatt]] (''mentioned'')
 ==Thomas Story==