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unusual facts about The Railway Children


Stella East

The Railway Children (Jernbaneborna) written by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by Stella East (trans. Inger Margrethe Gaarder) Oslo: Bokklubbens Barn, 1988.


GNR Stirling 4-2-2

The locomotive is in good mechanical condition, and was used recently to act as a star player in York Theatre Royal's stage-performance of The Railway Children play, in which it was seen to move into a stage set of a period station, created initially at the National Railway Museum and more recently in the redundant Waterloo International station.

Marshall Lancaster

Until 23 August 2008 he starred in the York Theatre Royal's production of Mike Kenny's adaptation of The Railway Children alongside Colin Tarrant and Sarah Quintrell at the National Railway Museum.

Melanie Clark Pullen

Since her time in Albert Square, Clark Pullen has appeared in ITV's big-budget costume drama Lady Audley's Secret, starred in Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs and featured alongside Richard Attenborough and Jenny Agutter in the remake of the classic The Railway Children, all in 2000.


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Elizabeth Keates

In July 2011 Keates reprised her role as Mrs Perks in The Railway Children, playing opposite Marcus Brigstocke.