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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

LeVar takes a train ride from California to Washington state. Along the way, we learn about trains and how the transcontinental railroad came to be. Brian Dennehy narrates the true story of how a young teen named Kate Shelley risked her life to save the engineers of a train that crashed into a river when the bridge near her home collapsed, and how she had to get word to the nearest station to alert them to stop the express train.

English
  • Originally Aired September 26, 1991
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network PBS
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