Les Voyages du tortillard

Les Voyages du tortillard or The Secret Railroad was a series of 52 (or possibly 61)^[1] animated shorts made in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

It was originally recorded in English at Place D'Youville in Montreal then subsequently dubbed into French. It was produced by Peter Saunders.

The English version aired in Canada on TVOntario and on Global Television.^[2] It also aired in the United States on The Great Space Coaster in the early 1980s.

Characters

Simon

The main character is a young boy named Simon who discovers a magical steam locomotive hidden in the basement of his apartment building. Acting as the engineer Simon uses the locomotive to travel on many magical adventures.

Mr. George T. Passenger

Joining Simon every episode is Monsieur Globetrotteur (Mr. Passenger), an old man who awaited the coming of the train for many a decade before Simon finally arrived.

Mélanie

With Mr. Passenger is Mélanie (Melanie), Mr. Passenger's cat who always rides atop his long stove pipe hat.

Stella

Each episode also features a character named Stella, a girl with star shaped hair. Stella's character changes from episode to episode (a mermaid in an underwater episode for example) but she always has her star shaped hair.

Theme Song Lyrics

When you are feeling blue,

When you are feeling down.

Just do what Simon did;

Go underground.

Down there in the dark,

You hear a happy sound.

It's the secret railroad.

Adventure bound!

You better climb on board

the train's about to leave.

All you need is a passenger.

Your tickets, please!^[1]

English Episode Names

According to one source,^[1] these are the episode names:

A cat's eye view
A funny thing happened on the way to the railroad
Animal trackers
Back track
Blue...genies...blues!
Bridging the gaps
Double Simon or quits
Elementary my dear passenger
Engine ills
Fitting the parts
Flights of fancy
Ghost train
Go wild west young man
Gold rush railroad
Hot the only way to travel
I spy with my little train
Invisible...man!
Joly Roger railroad
Mer-train
Mr.Passenger's bag
Near myths
Next stop wherever
Out of seasons
Railroad puzzles
Railway rhythms
Reversible railroad
Robin Dude
Robot riddles?
Rocky ride
Safari so good
Saturday night steam
Scaredy cat
Simon's secret
Simon, Melanie, Stella, Mr.Passenger
Slap control stick
Smoke signals
Spaced out Liliput
Special railroad effects
Stationary passenger
Stealing the show
Stella in space
Stellapatra
Super Sam
Talking the night train
The abonimable snow child
The great train game
The last train in toyland
The musical ride
The spirit of the railroad
The talking train
Things that go bump in the tunnel
Time machine train
Tooth tracks
Train bug
Train in training
Trainsylvania
U.F.O...Oh!...Oh!
Unwelcome on board
Where there's smoke there's a dragon
Which way switch
Whistle stop tours

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Voyages du tortillard (Les)". dessins-animes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
^ "The Secret Railroad - tvo". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

External links

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[:0-1] "Voyages du tortillard (Les)". dessins-animes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

[2] "The Secret Railroad - tvo". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

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