Reading Rainbow - Season 9 - Eps 9: 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.
About Reading Rainbow
Title: Reading Rainbow
First Air Date: 1983-06-06
Last Air Date: 2006-11-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.302/10 (from 43 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 21
Total Episodes: 155
Network: PBS
Genres: Kids
Production Companies: Lancit Media Productions, GBH
Synopsis
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Cast
LeVar Burton
Self - Host
