A New Beginning (PBS Kids)

A New Beginning is the first episode of Shining Time Station's fourth season. It aired on PBS Kids on November 17, 1997.

Plot

 * Set after the events of the third season, Dan, Becky and Kara have departed for their new homes, leaving Stacy and Billy by themselves. Harry Cupper has returned to join the two, and Mr. Conductor 1 is as busy as ever. Ash Ketchum, Kevin Keene, Michiko Ohara and Audrey Jones have come by to visit the crew, while Schemer and his trusty nephew Schemee make alliances with Team Rocket and The Greaser Dogs. At the end of this episode, Ash learns the valuable way of being welcomed to the pack.

From Shining Time Station

 * 1) Mr. Conductor 1 (
 * 2) Stacy Jones (
 * 3) Harry Cupper (
 * 4) Billy Twofeathers (
 * 5) Horace Schemer (
 * 6) Schemee (

From Pokemon

 * 1) Ash Ketchum (
 * 2) Jessie (
 * 3) James (
 * 4) Meowth (
 * 5) Wobbuffet (

From Captain N: The Game Master

 * 1) Kevin Keene (

From The Accidentally Series

 * 1) Michiko Ohara (

From Rumor Has It

 * 1) Audrey Jones (

From CatDog

 * 1) Cliff Feltbottom (
 * 2) Lube Ignatius (
 * 3) Shriek Dubois (

Thomas Stories

 * 1) The Runaway
 * 2) Wrong Road

Jukebox Band

 * 1) The Gang's All Here

Thomas Song

 * 1) Thomas' Anthem

Transcript

 * (We start this episode with the 1992-1999 WNET New York logo)
 * (We are then followed by the funding)
 * Narrator: Funding for this program was provided in part by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting and by the financial support of Viewers Like You.
 * (We then go to the Shining Time Station theme song)