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Mugby Junction – 1866 – Christmas tales – a collaboration
 This a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B Edwards, Andrew Halliday and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine All the Year Round. |
| THE STORY: The tales are: – Barbox Brothers, Charles Dickens – a traveller arrives at Mugby Junction – Barbox Brothers & Co, Charles Dickens – the new arrival researches the network around Mugby – Main Line: The Boy at Mugby, Charles Dickens – the boy at the Refreshment Room – No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman, Charles Dickens – this is of course the most famous, a ghost story – No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver, Andrew Halliday – tells of the seven men and boys he had killed in his career – No. 3 Branch Line: Compensation House, Charles Collins – the tale of an inelegant buiding – No. 4 Branch Line: Travelling Post-Office, Hesba Stretton – a post office on the railway – No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer, Amelia B Edwards – a tale of friendship |  CHARACTERS: |
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