When Roberta, Peter and Phyllis's father is imprisoned after being
falsely accused of spying, they and their mother have to leave
their comfortable London home to go and live in a small house in
the country. However, the children soon come to love the railway
that runs near their cottage, and have many adventures - stopping
a train from disaster, saving an infant and dog from a barge canal
on fire, and getting help when they find an injured boy in the
trail tunnel. When they befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly
takes the 9:15 train near their home, he helps them to prove their
father's innocence, and the family is reunited at last.
This is Book 13 in the Scholastic Classics Series. See all Scholastic Classics books here.
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