[ Narrator ] ONE WINTER'S NIGHT WHEN THE COLD WIND BLEW,
THE ENGINES FOUND IT HARD TO SLEEP.
"WHAT WE NEED," SUGGESTED TOBY, "IS TO LISTEN TO A STORY."
"BUT," ADDED DUCK, "IT MUST HAVE A HAPPY ENDING."
"DRIVER TOLD ME A STORY," SAID THOMAS.
SO EVERYONE LISTENED.
"ONCE UPON A TIME," BEGAN THOMAS,
"ON THEIR OWN LITTLE RAILWAY.
"THEIR NAMES WERE DUKE, STUART AND FALCON.
"DUKE WAS THE OLDEST AND WAS NAMED AFTER HIS GRACE, THE DUKE OF SODOR.
THE LITTLE ENGINES IN ORDER.
"HE WOULD SAY, 'THAT WOULD NEVER SUIT HIS GRACE.'
"OTHER ENGINES CAME AND WENT, BUT DUKE OUTLASTED THEM ALL.
"THEY WERE FOND OF HIM, BUT THEY GOT VERY TIRED...
"OF HEARING ALL ABOUT HIS GRACE.
"SOMETIMES THEY WOULD TEASE HIM AND CHANT, 'ENGINES COME AND ENGINES GO.
' DUKE WOULD SAY.
"'WHATEVER ARE YOU ENGINES COMING TO ?'
"'NEVER MIND, GRANPUFF. WE'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE.'
"'WELL, YOU'D BETTER MIND, UNLESS YOU WANT TO END UP LIKE SMUDGER.'
"'OOOH, GRANPUFF, WHAT EVER HAPPENED ?'
"'HE RODE ROUGHLY AND OFTEN CAME OFF THE RAILS.
"'LISTEN, DUKIE,' HE SNARLED. 'WHO WORRIES ABOUT A FEW SPILLS ?'
"'WE DO HERE, I SAID. BUT SMUDGER JUST LAUGHED.'
[ Laughing ]
"SMUDGER STOP LAUGHING THEN.'
"'W-WELL, WHY ? WHAT DID HE DO ?'
"'HE TURNED HIM INTO A GENERATOR. HE'S STILL OUT THERE BEHIND OUR SHED.
HE'LL NEVER MOVE AGAIN.'
[ Thomas ] "AFTER THAT, STUART AND FALCON BECAME REALLY USEFUL ENGINES.
"AND ALL THREE WERE HAPPY TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.
"THE MINES IN THE HILLS CLOSED.
"AND THE RAILWAY WAS CLOSED TOO.
PEOPLE CAME TO BUY THE ENGINES."
"NO ONE WANTED DUKE. THEY THOUGHT HIM TOO OLD.
"'CHEER UP, GRANPUFF,' CALLED STUART.
"'WE'LL FIND YOU A NICE RAILWAY AND THEN YOU CAN COME AND KEEP US IN ORDER.'
"THEY TRIED TO BE BRAVE AND CHEERFUL,
"DUKE'S DRIVER AND FIREMAN OILED AND GREASED HIM ONE LAST TIME.
"THEY SHEETEHIM SNUGLY AND SAID GOOD-BYE.
"THEN THEY HAD TO GO AWAY AND FIND WORK.
"'I'LL GO TO SLEEP. IT'LL HELP TO PASS THE TIME.'"
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
"TREES AND BUSHES GREW ALL AROUND.
"THAT'S NOT A HAPPY ENDING," CRIED PERCY.
"AH," MURMURED THOMAS.
THERE WILL BE ONE, BUT THAT'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME.
[ Narrator ] IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR.
THE DAY'S WORK WAS DONE AND THE ENGINES PUFFED SAFELY HOME.
- YOU MEAN THE ONE ABOUT DUKE, THE LOST ENGINE ? - "EXACTLY," SAID HENRY.
BUT PLEASE, REMIND US OF THE STORY SO FAR.
DUKE WAS OLD AND LIVED WITH TWO YOUNG ENGINES CALLED STUART AND FALCON.
THEY TEASED DUKE AND CALLED HIM GRANPUFF, BUT THEY WERE HAPPY TOGETHER.
THEN THEIR LINE WAS CLOSED DOWN AND THE YOUNG ENGINES WENT AWAY.
DUKE WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE SHED.
HE WENT TO SLEEP, AND EVERYTHING AROUND HIM CHANGED.
BUT DUKE WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
YEARS WENT BY, UNTIL ONE DAY, NOT LONG AGO, VISITORS CAME TO SEE SIR TOPHAM HATT.
"WE WANNA FIND DUKE," THEY SAID, "AND MAKE HIM HAPPY AGAIN."
"IF WE FOLLOW THE OLD LINE SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP," THEY SAID,
WE'LL TRAVEL NORTH OF THE VILLAGE AND THEN INTO THE MOUNTAINS."
AND LOOK. THERE'S A SIGN FOR THE OLD STATION.
[ Narrator ] EVERYONE SET OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS FAR AWAY.
THE DAYS WENT BY AND THE SEARCH GREW HARDER, BUT THE RESCUERS WOULDN'T GIVE UP.
BUT THERE WAS STILL NO SIGN OF DUKE.
D OVER DITCHES.
AT LAST, THEIR SEARCH ENDED, QUITE BY ACCIDENT.
WE'VE FOUND HIM ! WE'VE FOUND OUR SLEEPING BEAUTY !
"EXCUSE ME," INQUIRED DUKE. "ARE YOU A VANDAL ?"
"BLESS YOU, NO," LAUGHED THE RESCUERS.
WE'VE DROPPED IN BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND YOUR DOOR.
FALCON AND STUART WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU.
"SO THEY DID REMEMBER," SIGHED DUKE HAPPILY.
[ Narrator ] THEN THEY ALL SET OFF FOR DUKE'S NEW HOME.
STUART AND FALCON WERE READY WITH A BIG WELCOME.
"HE'S HERE," THEY WHISPERED. "SHH, SHH."
"YOU WOKE ME UP," GRUMBLED DUKE. "IN MY YOUNG DAYS, ENGINES WERE--"
SEEN AND NOT HEARD, GRANPUFF. WE KNOW.
WE CAN KEEP YOU IN ORDER NOW.
KEEP ME IN ORDER ? BE OFF WITH YOU. IMPUDENT SCALAWAGS.
[ Narrator ] BUT DUKE'S OLD EYES TWINKLED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS,
■ "AND THAT," SAID THOMAS, "IS THE WHOLE STORY. DID YOU LIKE IT ?"
"YES, INDEED," AGREED THE ENGINES. "ESPECIALLY THE HAPPY ENDING."
[ Narrator ] SKARLOEY AND RHENEAS WORK ON THE RAILWAY THAT WEAVES AROUND LAKES...
AND ALONG MOUNTAIN SIDES.
COME RAIN OR SHINE.
THE ENGINES WILL NEVER LET THEIR PASSENGERS DOWN,
BUT THEY ARE OLD AND THEY TIRE MORE EASILY.
THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH WORK FOR BOTH OF YOU ON THIS RAILWAY.
THE MANAGER IS SENDING TWO MORE ENGINES TO HELP US RUN THE LINE.
[ Narrator ] SKARLOEY AND RHENEAS WERE PLEASED WITH THIS NEWS...
WHEN SIR HANDEL AND PETER SAM ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THEY HAD MUCH TO LEARN.
WE'RE MUCH TOO GOOD FOR THIS OLD SHACK !
"I THINK IT'S NICE," SAID PETER SAM.
"HA !" REPLIED SIR HANDEL. "WHAT'S THAT RUBBISH ?"
AND THEN HE WHISPERED TO SKARLOEY, "I'M SORRY, SKARLOEY.
SIR HANDEL'S UPSET NOW, BUT HE'S QUITE NICE REALLY."
[ Narrator ] SKARLOEY FELT SORRY FOR PETER SAM.
I'M TIRED ! LET PETER SAM GO. HE'D LOVE IT.
NO. YOU'RE FIRST.
HE DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM AT ALL.
WHAT EVER NEXT ?
THOSE AREN'T COACHES; THEY'RE CATTLE CARS !
"OOOH," SCREAMED THE COACHES. "WHAT A HORRID ENGINE."
"IT'S NOT WHAT I'M USED TO," CLANKED SIR HANDEL.
[ Narrator ] HE ROLLED TO THE PLATFORM JUST AS GORDON ARRIVED.
HELLO. WHO ARE YOU ?
I'M GORDON. WHO ARE YOU ?
I'M SIR HANDEL. I'VE HEARD OF YOU. YOU'RE AN EXPRESS ENGINE.
SO AM I. BUT I'M USED TO NEW COACHES.
I SEE YOU DO. WE MUST HAVE A CHAT.
SORRY I CAN'T STOP. WE MUST KEEP TIME, YOU KNOW.
[ Narrator ] GORDON WAS SPEECHLESS.
ING FOR A REST BUT HIS DRIVER THOUGHT OTHERWISE.
WE'LL LEAVE THE COACHES NOW AND FETCH SOME CARS FROM THE QUARRY.
"CARS !" SNORTED SIR HANDEL. "CARS ! I WON'T ! SO THERE !"
[ Narrator ] SIR HANDEL WAS ABOUT TO CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE.
"TOLD YOU !" SAID SIR HANDEL.
[ Narrator ] BY THE TIME WORKMEN CAME TO RESCUE HIM,
SIR HANDEL WAS FEELING RATHER SILLY.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THERE STOOD SIR TOPHAM HATT.
HIS MESSAGE TO SIR HANDEL WAS BRIEF AND BLUNT.
[ Narrator ] THEN HE AND THE FIREMAN LEFT WITH PETER SAM.
SIR HANDEL FELT SILLIER STILL.
"COME ON," SAID HIS DRIVER. "LET'S GET YOU BACK ON THE RAILS."
DEL CRAWLED HOME, HE FOUND SIR TOPHAM HATT WAITING FOR HIM.
YOU'RE A VERY NAUGHTY ENGINE !
I HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU TO BEHAVE WHEN YOU NEXT COME OUT OF THIS SHED.
[ Narrator ] EVERY DAY WHERE THE LITTLE ENGINES WORK,
THE CRISP AIR IS SUDDENLY FILLED WITH A FAMILIAR NOISE.
THE LAKES AND MOUNTAINS HAVE MANY VISITORS...
MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE IS IN TROUBLE.
ALL PRESENT AND CORRECT. TIME TO RETURN TO BASE.
[ Narrator ] THEN HAROLD NOTICED SOMETHING.
HAROLD FLEW LOWER FOR A CLOSER INSPECTION.
I'M HAROLD. WHO ARE YOU ?
"I'M RUSTY," REPLIED THE DIESEL.
"SIR TOPHAM HATT SENT ME TO HELP THE OTHER ENGINES," HUFFED RUSTY.
[ Narrator ] THIS WAS NO TIME FOR A CHAT WITH A HELICOPTER.
"CHEEKY CHOPPER !" MUTTERED RUSTY.
"NOT LONG NOW," ENCOURAGED THE DRIVER.
"WE'LL SOON BE AT THE TOP STATION."
EVEN SO, SIR HANDEL WOULDN'T STOP GRUMBLING.
THE CARS DIDN'T LIKE SIR HANDEL AND WANTED TO PLAY TRICKS ON HIM.
ON.
NOW, IF YOU WERE ILL, YOU COULDN'T SHUNT CARS, COULD YOU ?
"GOOD IDEA," REPLIED SIR HANDEL. "I'LL TRY IT."
[ Narrator ] HE DID SO NEXT MORNING.
[ Narrator ] THERE WASN'T TIME TO EXAMINE HIM,
SO SOME OF HIS CARS WERE COUPLED BEHIND PETER SAM'S COACHES.
RUSTY PROMISED TO FOLLOW WITH THE REST.
AND TRUNDLED CHEERFULLY ON.
SOON, THEY REACHED THE QUARRY WHERE THE CARS WERE NEEDED.
LOADED ONES AT THE TOP ARE HITCHED TO ANOTHER.
BY THEIR WEIGHT, LOADED CARS RUN DOWN THE STEEP SLOPE...
PULLING THE EMPTY ONES UP.
PETER SAM DULY WAITED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE FOR THE LOADED CARS.
HE NEVER BUMPED CARS UNLESS THEY MISBEHAVED.
THEIR CHANCE FOR TRICKERY HAD COME.
"FASTER ! FASTER !" THEY YELLED.
"NO, NO !" WAILED THE EMPTY CARS. "IT'S PETER SAM !"
"HURRAH, HURRAH !" ROARED THE CARS.
PETER SAM SHUT HIS EYES.
"PEEP, PEEP," WAILED PETER SAM.
[ Narrator ] RUSTY WAS WORKING NEARBY AND CAME TO HELP CLEAR UP THE MESS.
"BUST MY BUFFERS !" EXCLAIMED RUSTY.
[ Narrator ] PETER SAM FELT BATTERED.
HIS FUNNEL WAS CRACKED AND HIS BOILER DENTED.
"THANK YOU, RUSTY," HE SIGHED AND LIMPED SLOWLY HOME.
RY ABOUT YOUR ACCIDENT," SAID SIR HANDEL.
I ALWAYS STAND WELL BACK. CARS DON'T LIKE ME.
WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME ?
- I DIDN'T THINK. - YOU NEVER DO !
THAT'LL TEACH YOU TO PRETEND YOU'RE ILL.
[ Narrator ] SIR HANDEL DID START THINKING, ABOUT GORDON.
WHEN THE WRECKAGE WAS CLEARED AWAY, RUSTY SET OFF ALONG THE LINE.
"SPLENDID TO SEE YOU AGAIN," WHIZZED HAROLD.
I'M COMPLETING MY EVENING'S LOOKABOUT.
PURRED BACK HOME.
[ Narrator ] IN SPRINGTIME, RUSTY LOVES TO VISIT A FARAWAY PLACE.
IT'S FILLED WITH BLUEBELLS.
ONE DAY, THOMAS WAS PASSING BY JUST AS RUSTY WAS HAVING A DRINK.
"I DON'T KNOW," SAID RUSTY, "BUT I SOON WILL."
"EXCUSE ME," SAID RUSTY, "BUT IS SOMETHING WRONG ?"
"YES, INDEED," REPLIED THE DRIVER.
AN FIND ONE."
[ Narrator ] LATER, RUSTY SAW DOUGLAS AND PERCY.
RUSTY HAD AN IDEA.
CAN YOU HELP ME FIND ANOTHER ENGINE ?
-WHERE YOU FOUND OLIVER ? -YOU MEAN ON THE OTHER RAILWAY ?
YES. I'M LOOKING FOR A BLUE BELL ENGINE.
[ Narrator ] AND RUSTY EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.
[ Narrator ] THEN RUSTY DECIDED.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL GO.
TAKE CARE.
[ Narrator ] RUSTY TOLD THE DRIVER ALL ABOUT THE PLAN.
THE MANAGER SAYS HE'LL MAKE A HOME FOR A BLUE BELL ENGINE IF YOU FIND ONE.
"RIGHT," SAID RUSTY. "WE'LL FIND ONE TOMORROW."
IT TOOK THEM ALL OF THE NEXT DAY TO TRAVEL TO THE OTHER RAILWAY.
DARKNESS FELL AND THE COLD WIND BLEW.
[ Chains Rattling ] OOOH, WHAT'S THAT ?
[ Narrator ] BUT IT WAS ONLY THE SOUNDS OF THE LONELY SCRAP YARD.
WHO ARE YOU ?
[ Narrator ] RUSTY PLUCKED UP COURAGE.
I'M A SHED AND SIDINGS INSPECTION DIESEL. UH, UH, HAVE YOU ANY ENGINES IN THE SHED ?
NO, NONE !
UH, UH, THEN WHAT ABOUT THE SIDINGS ?
ONE. WE HAVE ONE.
[ Narrator ] RUSTY GREW BRAVER STILL.
TH-THEN I'LL JUST GO AND INSPECT.
[ Narrator ] A SMALL ENGINE WITH A TALL FUNNEL STOOD SAD AND ALONE IN THE SHADOWY SIDING.
HIS DRIVER WAS HUDDLED IN THE CAB KEEPING HIM COMPANY.
[ Narrator ] THE ENGINE LOOKED STARTLED.
YES. BLUEBELLS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THEN YOU'RE SOON GOING TO SEE LOTS OF THEM BECAUSE I'M GETTING YOU OUT OF HERE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SET THE FIRE, BUT SOON IT WAS GLOWING HOT...
AND STEPNEY HAD A GOOD HEAD OF STEAM.
RUSTY'S ENGINEER AGREED TO BE STEPNEY'S FIREMAN.
"WHERE'S HE GOING ?" THEY HISSED.
"JUST DOWN THE LINE," REPLIED RUSTY.
"WE'VE DONE IT !" WHISPERED RUSTY.
WE'RE OVER THE BORDER AND BACK ON OUR OWN RAILWAY. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
[ People Cheering ]
"WE SHALL MEND YOU AND GIVE YOU A NEW COAT OF PAINT," SAID THE MANAGER.
[ Narrator ] HIS DRIVER WAS DELIGHTED.
YOU LUCKY OLD ENGINE. YOU'VE BEEN SAVED BY THE BLUE BELL RAILWAY.
I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR RUSTY.
[ Narrator ] NOW THE LITTLE ENGINE IS AS HAPPY AS CAN BE...
AND HELPS ALL THE PASSENGERS WHO VISIT AT BLUEBELL TIME.
HIS NAME IS STEPNEY,
[ Narrator ] THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE WAS FEELING VERY HAPPY.
HIS BLUE COAT SHONE IN THE SUN. HE WAS RIGHT ON TIME.
"BEEP, BEEP. GOOD MORNING, PERCY," HE WHISTLED.
UH, YES, THOMAS, OF COURSE. BUT, UH--
BUT WHAT, PERCY ? OUT WITH IT !
WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER ENGINE WITH A FAMOUS BRANCH LINE TOO.
AY VISIT US.
- WHEN ? - OH, SOMEDAY.
[ Narrator ] AND PERCY HURRIED AWAY.
IT ISN'T VERY LONG, AND THAT MADE HIM FEEL A LITTLE SAD.
LATER, HE SAW RUSTY.
THE LITTLE DIESEL HAD HELPED SAVE STEPNEY FROM SCRAP.
EVERYONE'S BEEN SO KIND,
"I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL DRIVER TOO, REPLIED RUSTY.
I'M SURE HE'LL UNDERSTAND.
[ Narrator ] STEPNEY SOON DISCOVERED THAT INDEED HE DID.
[ Narrator ] THAT EVENING HE HAD EXCITING NEWS.
GUESS WHAT ? SIR TOPHAM HATT HAS INVITED US TO VISIT THE OTHER ENGINES ON HIS RAILWAY.
"OH, THANK YOU !" SIGHED STEPNEY.
[ Narrator ] THEY SET OFF NEXT MORNING.
BY NOW, ALL THE OTHER ENGINES WERE TALKING ABOUT STEPNEY.
[ Narrator ] THOMAS WAS FEELING A LITTLE JEALOUS.
HMPH ! IT MAY BE FAMOUS, BUT MY BRANCH IS FIRST ON THE LINE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TOO.
[ Narrator ] AND HE HUFFEAWAY TO FETCH HIS COACHES.
WHY HAVE THEY ALL COME ? THERE'S NO TRAIN YET.
[ Narrator ] BUT PERCY WAS WRONG. THE SIGNAL DROPPED...
AND FROM FAR AWAY, AN ENGINE WHISTLED.
[ Narrator ] STEPNEY PUFFED PROUDLY THROUGH THE JUNCTION.
"I HOPE YOU'LL MEET THOMAS TOO," SAID EDWARD.
[ Narrator ] THEN STEPNEY SET OFF TO HELP DUCK SHUNT COACHES IN THE YARDS.
AND THEY WORKED HAPPILY TOGETHER ALL AFTERNOON.
AT LAST, THOMAS ARRIVED.
MUSTN'T BE LATE. [ Toots Whistle ]
[ Narrator ] HE WAS HARDLY OUT OF SIGHT WHEN THE ENGINES HEARD SHOUTING AT THE STATION.
- STOP ALL TRAINS ! - [ Narrator ] THE SIGNAL MAN ANSWERED THE TELEPHONE.
A SPECIAL, IS IT ? I SEE.
[ Narrator ] THOMAS WAS IMPATIENT.
WHY ARE WE WAITING ? MY PASSENGERS ARE BEING DELAYED.
WE'RE BEING SHUNTED TO ALLOW ANOTHER TRAIN TO PASS.
[ Narrator ] SOON, THEY HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR PUFFING SOUND.
SPEED AND DISAPPEARED.
"WELL, BUST MY BOILER !" SAID THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE.
[ Narrator ] NEXT MORNING, HE WAS STILL FUMING.
IT'S A DISGRACE !
"I'M SORRY," SAID STEPNEY. "I WAS A SPECIAL."
- WHY ? - AN IMPORTANT PASSENGER ARRIVED JUST AS YOU LEFT.
PLENDID RUN, BUT, UH--
"BUT," FINISHED THOMAS, "IT CAN MAKE AN ENGINE NERVOUS NOT TO KNOW THE LINE."
"EXACTLY," SAID STEPNEY. "YOU'RE SUCH AN EXPERT."
AND BEGAN TELLING STEPNEY ALL ABOUT HIS BRANCH LINE.
♪ SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF ♪
♪ JUST TO RELAX AND LET THE WORLD FLY BY YOU ♪
♪ GONE FISHING ♪
♪ WAITING TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND ♪
♪ WHATEVER LIFE HAS TO OFFER YOU ♪
♪ SMILING ALONG THE WAY ♪
♪ GONE FISHING ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING BETTER ON A SUNNY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN ALL YOUR WORK IS DONE ♪
OK WHAT YOU FOUND ♪
♪ GONE FISHING ♪
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