The sequel to one of the most cherished, classic British children's books and films The Railway Children. 38 years after the original film took place, now set against the backdrop of WWII and the Blitz, we find Bobby, 60 (Jenny Agutter) is now the retired headmistress of the local high school, that has been called upon to set up an emergency school for evacuee children flooding into the country side to escape from the bombing of the industrial Northern cities..