The Railway ChildrenFront matterReading editionChapter navigation15 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · The beginning of things.Chapter II · Peter's coal-mine.Chapter III · The old gentleman.Chapter IV · The engine-burglar.Chapter V · Prisoners and captives.Chapter VI · Saviours of the train.Chapter VII · For valour.Chapter VIII · The amateur firemen.Chapter IX · The pride of Perks.Chapter X · The terrible secret.Chapter XI · The hound in the red jersey.Chapter XII · What Bobbie brought home.Chapter XIII · The hound's grandfather.Chapter XIV · The End.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · The beginning of things.All chapters and sections (15)Opening pagesFront matterChapters1234567891011121314To my dear son Paul Bland, behind whose knowledge of railways my ignorance confidently shelters.Chapter I. The beginning of things. →