The Railway Children

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit.

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The story concerns a family who move from London to a rural area after the father is falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians and imprisoned for five years. The three children, two girls and a boy, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Perks, the station porter, and with an elderly gentleman who regularly takes the train. He is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited.

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