| NESBIT | Edith --, 1858-1924, author of 'The Railway Children' (6) |
| EDITH | First name of the author of The Railway Children (5) |
| EDITHNESBIT | English writer, author of The Railway Children (5,6) |
| IBSEN | Author of The Railway Children losing time over another writer (5) |
| ROBERTA | Full name of the eldest of 'The Railway Children'(7) |
| LIONEL | Mr. Jeffries, director of the 1970 film The Railway Children (6) |
| SALLY | First name of actress who played one of the Railway Children in the 1970 film (5) |
| SIDING | Branch of the railway taking up arms (6) |
| ROCKET | The earliest weapon of the railways? (6) |
| HILARITY | D.H. Lawrence with such glee makes version of The Railway Children (8) |
| AGUTTER | Jenny ___ , star of The Railway Children (7) |
| FATCONTROLLER | The ____, title of Sir Topham Hatt in the later of The Railway Series of children's books (3,10) |
| PUCCINI | Italian composer, 1858-1924, who created the operas Madam Butterfly, Tosca and Turandot (7) |
| DUSE | Eleonora --, Italian actress (1858-1924 (4) |
| TORY | One on the right going in the direction of the railway (4) |
| BURMA | One end of the railway in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| GIACOMOPUCCINI | Italian composer: 1858-1924 |
| SODOR | Island setting of the Railway Series books by English author the Rev. W. Awdry (5) |
| BUFFERS | Old bumbling guys found at the end of the railway tracks (7) |
| AWDRY | Rev W ____ wrote the first 26 books of The Railway series |
