
Fox Family Channel was an American television network. It aired re-runs of Shining Time Station episodes from 1998 to 1999. However, unlike on PBS, they were edited significantly to make room for commercial breaks. The channel was short lived as it existed from 1998 to 2001.
During Shining Time Station's airtime, it was either seen on an individual level like either by itself on a normal run or in a block, one being Captain Kangaroo's Treasure House with "The All New Captain Kangaroo" (a late 90s reboot of the classic CBS series), "Mister Moose's Fun Time" (a spinoff of the Captain Kangaroo reboot that also starred Thomas the Tank Engine as well as other various animated and live-action shorts like The Wiggles) and "Britt Allcroft's The Magic Adventures of Mumfie".
It was later renamed in 2001 to ABC Family after being bought by Disney and in 2016, it was once again renamed to Freeform. Other names included: CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), CBN Family Channel and The Family Channel.
At least one Thomas story was edited out of a few second season episodes most likely to make room for commercial breaks.
Episodes Aired
Season 2
Screenshot | Title | Written by | Episode no. # | Thomas Stories |
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Scare Dares | Ellis Weiner | 201 | Percy's Ghostly Trick Thomas, Percy and the Dragon |
It's Halloween at Shining Time Station. Matt and Tanya's cousins Kara and Dan come to visit. Mr. Conductor's cousin takes up residence. Billy Twofeathers is hired as the new engineer. Dan worries that the others won't like him unless he's unafraid, so he tried taking foolish dares to prove himself. | ||||
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Oh, What a Tangled Web | Sean Kelly | 202 | Diesel's Devious Deed |
Dan and Kara pretend to have jobs and tell Becky that she can have a party in the station. This caused them to run in trouble with J.B. King. | ||||
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The Magic is Believing | Brian McConnachie | 203 | Old Iron Edward's Exploit |
Amazo the magician comes to visit and he forgot all his tricks. Becky learns about magic when she discovers Mr. Conductor. Billy helped Amazo be more confident, which helped the magician perform his tricks in front of an audience. | ||||
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Win, Lose or Draw | Jill Golick | 204 | Double Trouble Gordon and the Famous Visitor |
The kids enter a drawing contest. Becky does not like her picture, so she asks Mr. Conductor to use his magic and draw her a nicer picture. Schemer steals Billy's ink to draw a self-portrait, but finds out that it is disappearing ink. At the end, Becky learned to appreciate her original drawing and she won third prize. | ||||
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Sweet and Sour | Wilson Coneybeare | 205 | Donald and Douglas |
Dan, Kara and Becky try their hand at being entrepreneurs when they open a lemonade stand at the station. They make the mistake of trusting Schemer's promise of making a lot of money by making him and his nephew Schemee partners. The business suffers when quality gets sacrificed for quantity as Schemer and Schemee trick their friends into losing their lemonade stand. With help from Stacy and encouragement from Billy and Mr. Conductor, the kids reclaim their business with unexpected aid coming from Midge Smoot! | ||||
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Achoo | Brian McConnachie | 206 | Trust Thomas Whistles and Sneezes |
Mr. Conductor has a cold, but still wants to go to the South Pole and visit his penguin friends. | ||||
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A Dog's Life | Wilson Coneybeare | 207 | James in a Mess The Trouble with Mud |
Schemer found Ginny's lost dog and gave it to the kids. | ||||
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Field Day | Sean Kelly | 208 | Percy Proves a Point Thomas and Bertie's Great Race |
The kids went to play baseball and Schemer is their coach. Schemer sends Schemee to spy on the opponent's team. | ||||
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Wrong Track | Wilson Coneybeare | 209 | Thomas Saves the Day Down the Mine |
Becky was supposed to hold on the money for Stacy's party. Schemer is sad and wants to hear some music, so Becky spends all of the money on the arcade instead. | ||||
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Washout | Jill Golick | 210 | Bertie's Chase Percy's Promise |
There is a big storm in the Indian Valley. Schemer took out all the signal lights from the storeroom and put them in the pouring rain. The bridge over the river has been washed out by the storm and the Shining Time staff has to find a way to signal the trains that there is no more bridge. | ||||
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Crackpot | Jill Golick | 211 | Henry's Forest |
Dan collects tickets, Kara collects leaves, Becky collects buttons and Schemer collects combs. Kara is sad when she accidentally broke Stacy's tea set. | ||||
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Yabba, Yabba, Yabba | Ellis Weiner | 212 | Pop Goes the Diesel Diesel Does It Again |
Schemee uses walkie talkies to spy on everyone. He also reads Becky's mail and turns the station upside down looking for toys. | ||||
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Nickel in a Pickle | Wilson Coneybeare | 213 | Thomas Comes to Breakfast Thomas Gets Bumped |
Schemer hurts his hand and legs and feels sorry for himself. He even decided to quit his own arcade. | ||||
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Stop the Press | Sean Kelly | 214 | Percy and the Signal |
The kids write a newspaper, but they learn the difference between creative writing and reporting real news stories. | ||||
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | Sean Kelly | 215 | Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train |
It is Valentine's Day at Shining Time Station, and Mr. Conductor is hard at work as Cupid's helper. When Stacy accidentally walks through a cloud of Mr. Conductor's magical love dust, the course of true love goes wildly astray and she falls in love - with Schemer! | ||||
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Double Trouble | Don Arioli | 216 | The Diseasel Donald's Duck |
Mr. Conductor's evil twin causes trouble in the station, and everyone thinks that it is Mr. Conductor's fault. | ||||
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Is Anybody There? | Peter Wildman | 217 | A Scarf for Percy |
Schemer attempts to do a radio show, but is totally unprepared. | ||||
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Do I Hear | Wilson Coneybeare | 218 | Mavis |
When Billy and Stacy are away, Schemer organizes an auction and sells everything in the station to pay for his broken jukebox. | ||||
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Jingle, Jingle, Jingle | Brian McConnachie | 219 | Time for Trouble |
The kids and Schemer enter a slogan contest. Schemer thinks that the winning prize is $2,400, so he plans to buy the station and build a parking lot. | ||||
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All's Fair | Ellis Weiner | 220 | Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party |
It is the annual fair festival, and Schemer and Stacy enter a pie-making contest. |
Season 3
Screenshot | Title | Written by | Episode no. # | Thomas Stories |
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Becky Makes a Wish | Sean Kelly | 301 | All at Sea |
It seems to be a boring day for Becky at Shining Time Station. But when Mr. Conductor's Wishing Star gets accidentally left behind, hilarity ensues; from Schemer and Stacy swapping places to Midge Smoot having her lips zipped! Will Becky be able to catch the elusive Star, or will the station fail an important inspection? | ||||
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Schemer's Alone | Wilson Coneybeare | #02 | Percy, James and the Fruitful Day |
Schemer is left to take care of himself for the first time in his life when his mother is staying overnight in Snarleyville. Schemer tries getting everyone to do things for him and pays his debts with IOU's instead of taking responsibility. | ||||
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Bully for Mr. Conductor | Brian McConnachie | 303 | Bulgy |
With Stacy away to Chubby Corners to help a colleague, Indian Valley Railroad Head J.B. King volunteers to look after the station until her return. He asks Dan and Becky to make his visiting nephew (Buster) feel welcome. Buster turns out to be a bully who targets the smaller Dan and even manages to intimidate Schemer. Mr. King (meanwhile) is distracted from what's going on by his own determined obsession to find Mr. Conductor. Dan is terrified of Buster's threats to beat him up as Mr. Conductor tries his best to make Dan tap into his inner strength to stand up to Buster in order to stop the bullying once and for all. | ||||
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Stacy Cleans Up | Brian McConnachie | 304 | James Goes Buzz Buzz |
The abundance of trash at Shining Time Station becomes a problem when the news of the town dump closing is revealed. A garbage train driven by Engineer Rusty McRail offers relief temporarily, but ends up aggravating the situation by becoming stranded at the station because it turns out that all the dumps in the Indian Valley have closed. Becky then comes up with a brilliant idea to eliminate the smelly problem, and in a way inspires the establishment of what could be considered the world's first mobile recycling center on rails! | ||||
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Schemer's Robot | Wilson Coneybeare | 305 | Tenders and Turntables Trouble in the Shed |
Stacy eagerly prepares for the arrival of a new tourist train while Schemer brings in mechanical help to take care of the arcade and do all of his work. While the resulting chaos is going on, we learn that it's Mr. Conductor's turn to man the "Sob Story" booth on the Island of Sodor. | ||||
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Billy Saves the Day | Jill Golick | 306 | A New Friend for Thomas |
Everyone at Shining Time Station is excited because Felix Perez is organizing a concert. But when he loses his star, everybody (even Schemer) tries out for the part. Everyone except Billy, for even though he has a great talent, he is afraid to show it. Will a star be found, or will the concert be cancelled? Find out as they learn that everyone has something special to offer. | ||||
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Billy's Party | Brian McConnachie | 307 | Thomas and Percy's Mountain/Christmas Adventure |
It is Thanksgiving and Billy is very busy - he has to repair a locomotive, drive Ginny to buy a turkey, rescue Schemer who has been stranded on a train, and join some very special friends for dinner. | ||||
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Fortune Teller Schemer | Ellis Weiner | 308 | Thomas and the Conductor A Cow on the Line |
Everyone thinks that Schemer is a genius when his fortune telling machine correctly predicts the weather, causing him to let his fame go to his head. | ||||
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Billy's Runaway Train | Sean Kelly | 309 | A Close Shave for Duck |
Our Shining Time Station friends rehearse and perform a play titled "The Story of Casey Jones," written and directed by Felix Perez. Unfortunately, Billy has to miss the performance due to him being tasked with a freight run to Snarleyville. With Mr. Conductor as his traveling companion, Billy discovers that he can no longer control his train's regulator. With the freight train gaining speed and getting ahead of schedule, Billy realizes that he's heading straight for a disaster unless he gets help. | ||||
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Schemer Goes Camping | Wilson Coneybeare | 310 | Percy Takes the Plunge |
Everyone goes camping but Schemer neglects to pack most of the important camping equipment. | ||||
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Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin | Don Arioli | 311 | Heroes |
When nobody will help her clean up a mess she made, Kara resurrects Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin and asks him for help. The Evil Twin does help her, but soon creates chaos around the station. | ||||
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Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station | Wilson Coneybeare | 312 | Gordon Takes a Dip |
It is Friday the 13th, and Schemer encourages his nephew Schemee to use this occasion to scare people into buying the lucky charms he made. However, Schemee takes his uncle's technique of scaring people a little too far. | ||||
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Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July | Sean Kelly | 313 | Escape |
While people are outside listening to Stacy's speech on freedom, Schemer and Schemee go on a secret mission by turning the station upside down to look for gold. Schemee vacuums away Mr. Conductor's magic dust and he can't disappear anymore. | ||||
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Stacy Forgets Her Name | Sean Kelly | 314 | Thomas Gets Tricked |
Stacy smelled a flower with forgetting dust on it and forgets everything. Schemer sees the occasion to get her to sell the station while Dan and Mr. Conductor help her to remember things again. | ||||
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Schemer's Special Club | Ellis Weiner | 315 | Oliver Owns Up |
Schemer begins to "put on airs" when he reveals that the President of the Nickelaire Club (Hobart Hume III) will be coming to visit Shining Time Station. And if he can impress him, he'll let Schemer join the club! But when Mr. Hume arrives, he begins to insult Stacy, Billy and the kids, believing that he's better than all of them. Will Schemer learn sense before it's too late? Find out, as he learns who his real friends are, and laugh when Mr. Hume learns a lesson he'll never forget! | ||||
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Mr. Conductor's Movie | Marie Therese Squerciati | 316 | Tender Engines |
When a movie producer arrives at the station, everyone gets excited and wants to become part of an upcoming movie. They all go and get costumes, hoping to be part of the movie. | ||||
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The Joke's on Schemer | Ellis Weiner | 317 | Wrong Road |
The kids tear out a page on a calendar and Schemer thinks that it is April's Fool. He starts making silly jokes and no one understands why he acts like that. | ||||
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Dance Crazy | Jill Golick | 318 | Percy Runs Away |
Ginny helps Schemer practice for a dance contest. Dan is shy to dance in front of people because he is afraid that Becky and Kara will tease him. | ||||
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Mysterious Stranger | Marie Therese Squerciati | 319 | Come Out, Henry! (shorten) Henry to the Rescue |
Everyone is scared when things start to disappear in the station. The kids wanted to stay late at the station to catch the thief. | ||||
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Dan's Big Race | Wilson Coneybeare | 320 | Henry's Special Coal The Flying Kipper |
Dan cannot participate in a bicycle contest because his bike is broken and he mostly hurt his knee, so Mr. Conductor cheered him up by telling him stories. | ||||
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Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out | Brian McConnachie | 321 | One Good Turn |
The kids watched too much TV and forgot everything else like going to a baseball show, canoe ride and traveling zoo. | ||||
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Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk | Don Arioli | 322 | Better Late Than Never (shorten) |
Mr. Conductor is asleep when his magic dust went out of control. He wanders around, gets lost and cannot spread his magic dust at night to help everyone sleep. | ||||
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The Mayor Runs for Re-Election | Ellis Weiner | 323 | James Learns a Lesson Foolish Freight Cars |
It is election time in the town of Shining Time and Mayor Osgood Bob Flopdinger is seeking another term in office. His campaign becomes a disaster when he takes Schemer on as his campaign manager. Things become more complicated for the mayor as a newcomer to Shining Time (Mr. Richhouse) becomes his opponent in the election. Everyone then learns why it is important to vote, and for someone genuine who'll help all the people once elected. | ||||
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Stacy Says No | Jill Golick | 324 | Duck Takes Charge |
Stacy creates new rules in the station and forgets about her friends. This prevents Dan from playing games and Billy from going fishing. | ||||
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How the Station Got Its Name | Jill Golick | 325 | Toby the Tram Engine Thomas Breaks the Rules |
Kara, Becky and Mr. Conductor went back in time to get a missing part for a lantern. They meet Billy, Schemer and Stacy's grandparents. |
Trivia
- The intro for the Family Specials was used for broadcast as opposed to the regular intro.