When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about themselves.

This is a story of three young children whose father has been taken to prison and due to his absence the family is forced to live in a small house near the railway. Now the children begin their adventures of racing the train and trying to get their father out of prison.

I do not particularly like this book but it's a good book. I would use this story during automotive discussions. I would have the children create trains and come up with plans to get someone out of jail. ( )