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Plot

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'' which premiered roughly 2 months earlier. Each episode consists of two tales featuring guest actors. The featured characters would receive an invitation from "The Head of The Line" to travel to some time and place in the past where a crucial point in their lives had occurred. They would arrive at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and go to the "Special Services" desk, where the ticket clerk ( Woodrow Parfrey) would direct them to "Gate Y, Track 13" (which was listed as "closed" on the public departure board). On board the train (operated by Engineer Callahan ( William Phipps) and conductor R. J. Walker (

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), who, in the initial episode were revealed to have been killed in a derailment on the "Allegheny Flyer" in 1886), they would be welcomed by hosts Jason and Margaret Winters (the husband and wife team of Vincent Price and Coral Browne) who would warn them of the risks of travelling to the past. On arrival, they would relive the period, potentially changing events, and then return by train to the present, where the implications of the changes would be revealed.

Cast

* Vincent Price as Jason Winters * Coral Browne as Margaret Winters *

as R. J. Walker * William Phipps as Engineer Callahan * Woodrow Parfrey as the ticket clerk

Episodes

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0078702 1979 American television series debuts 1979 American television series endings 1970s American time travel television series CBS original programming American fantasy television series American time travel television series English-language television shows Television shows set in California Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios American fantasy drama television series