This Australian children’s series from ABC-TV starred former singer and Young Talent Timestar, Sally Boyden.
Boyden played Beverley “Biff” Hoolihan, one of four teenagers fighting plans to close the Winnawadgery railway, scrap its veteran steam engine “Wombat” and build a highway in its place.
The three junior members of the Hoolihan family – Biff and her siblings “Squeak” (Tim Blake) and “Bugsy” (Jacqui Gordon, daughter of Matlock Police actor, Vic Gordon) – were joined by Tim Forsyth (Stephen Comey), a recent (unwilling) arrival in Winnawadgery for a holiday.
Their campaign ran into opposition from prominent local businessman Albert Spack (Peter Cummins), so they enlisted the help of retired engine driver Angus McPhee (Tommy Dysart).
The series was filmed mainly on location at Cockatoo in Victoria. The train sequences were filmed on the Puffing Billy Railway.
Roger Dunn adapted the story for television from a novel of the same name by David Burke.
Tim Forsyth
Stephen Comey Beverley “Biff” Hoolihan
Sally Boyden Squeak Hoolihan
Tim Blake Jenny “Bugsy” Hoolihan
Jacqui Gordon Angus McPhee
Tommy Dysart Albert Spack
Peter Cummins Clifford
Cliff Ellen
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The three junior members of the Hoolihan family – Biff and her siblings “Squeak” (Tim Blake) and “Bugsy” (Jacqui Gordon, daughter of Matlock Police actor, Vic Gordon) – were joined by Tim Forsyth (Stephen Comey), a recent (unwilling) arrival in Winnawadgery for a holiday.
