WatchTrove

Reading Rainbow · S09E09

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

Summary

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.

Guest stars

  • Brian Dennehy as Self - Narrator (voice)