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6.1 - Jack Jumps
In
Written by Jonathan Trueman, Abi Grant & Phil Fherle
Directed by Steve Asquith
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Thomas meets Jack, an energetic front-loader on trial
to become the newest member of the ‘The Pack’ (aka. The Sodor Construction Company). Thomas takes Jack
to the site where he immediately zips from machine to machine offering his assistance. They each turn him down until he is
directed towards the foreman, who sets him to work with Alfie. Jack and Alfie immediately become good friends. But later that
day, Jack eagerly jumps in when the foreman asks for some rock to be moved. The load is too heavy for Jack and he ends up
causing a nasty accident. Miss Jenny (his owner) is not impressed, but Thomas and Alfie encourage Jack to keep trying.
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6.2 - A Friend In Need
Written by Jonathan Trueman, Abi Grant & Phil Fehrle
Directed by Steve Asquith
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The Pack are at work on a site below an aging
railway bridge, and Jack is slowly beginning to learn to control his eagerness. At the same time, we are introduced to a new
member, Ned the Steam Shovel, who has a large bucket on the end of his arm. But when Ned’s bucket causes the bridge
to give way, disaster approaches as Thomas rounds the bend. Jack rushes to the rescue and holds the bridge up with his arms,
just in time to save Thomas from a horrific accident. For his bravery, Jack is welcomed into The Pack.
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6.3 - The Fogman
Story by David Mitton
Written by Jonathan Trueman
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Cyril the Fogman places detonators on the tracks that run through
Misty Valley to warn the engines of fog. They like him a lot and are very sad when the Fat Controller replaces him with a
foghorn. A few days later, the foghorn sounds as Percy is passing through. But moments after he has cleared it, the noise
causes a landslide that covers the track and crushes the machine. With no warning to alert him, Thomas ploughs straight into
the blockage, and to make matters worse Toby is also approaching not far behind. But out of the blue, a detonator sounds and
he stops just in time. It turns out to be Cyril, and for preventing a serious accident, he is given his old job back.
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6.4 - Salty’s Secret
Written by Robin Kingsland
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Salty, a new Dockyard
Diesel Engine, is summoned to the rock quarry to help Bill, Ben and Mavis with an important job. He is saddened because he
cannot be near the sea, but gets on with the job without fuss. Bill and Ben think that the trucks will give Salty a bad time,
but they are proved wrong when he shows he can handle them with ease. He teaches them that the way to keep them under control
is to sing to them, but they fail miserably. Before long, the important job is completed and Salty is sent to work at the
dockyard, where he feels much happier.
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6.5 - Harvey To The Rescue
Written by Jonathan Trueman
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A queer-looking engine with a crane arm called Harvey arrives on the island on trial. His examination
run is to take place in the next few days before the railway board, but the other engines look down on him. This makes him
feel very sad. The next day, some trucks drag Percy down and hill and cause a derailment at Bulgy’s Bridge which blocks
the road, meaning that Berite cannot get through with the railway board (who are going to attend Harvey’s trial).
Harvey is summoned to the rescue, and with his crane arm, he helps to clear the mess swiftly. The railway board is impressed
and the engines welcome Harvey aboard the fleet.
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6.6 - No Sleep For Cranky
Written by Paul Larson
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Cranky the tower crane works
all night and day, getting very little rest and very little company. One morning, he is tiredly loading some pipes onto a
flat truck when Salty arrives, noticing that he is in a bad mood and suggests that he needs company. Cranky doesn’t
listen, but the arrival of Bill and Ben puts him in an even ‘crankier’ mood. He gets so annoyed with the engine’s
constant chatter that he knocks over a shed, blocking the line. The twins stay awake all night, listening to Salty’s
stories and the next day, Cranky is more then pleased to see Harvey arrive to clear the mess.
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6.7 - A Bad Day For Harold The
Helicopter
Story by David Mitton
Written by Simon Nicholson
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Percy enjoys pulling the mail train, but
Harold is convinced that he could make a much swifter job of it. His chance to prove himself comes when a broken signal means
Percy cannot get through and whilst the workmen hastily try to repair it, the mail bags are loaded into Harold’s harness.
He is feeling so clever that he decides to take them all at once, but the weight is far too much for him to handle. The mailbags
get stuck in a Harold finds himself diving nose-first into a haystack. Once the signal is repaired, Percy sends for help and
Harold realises he is not so clever after all. But when he is repaired, Harold is very appreciative of Percy - who reminds
him that is what friends are for.
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6.8 - Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
/ Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck (US)
Written by Paul Larson
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Thomas breaks one of his coupling rods whilst
taking a special to the docks. His crew search an old barn nearby for a telephone, but instead find an old steam lorry called
Elizabeth. She is rude and arrogant to Thomas, but reluctantly agrees to take the crew to the fitter’s yard to collect
new coupling rods. She arrives back just in time and Thomas pulls into the dockyard exhausted, only for Elizabeth to arrive
moments later. The Fat Controller reveals that he used to drive Elizabeth when he was a young man and he is so happy to see
her again that he has her restored by Jem Cole.
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6.9 - Twin Trouble
Written by Brian Trueman
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Whilst double-heading a goods train, Donald and Douglas have
an accident with a hay cart on the line, causing Donald to derail. He accuses Douglas of pushing him purposely and an argument
erupts. As a result, the twins refuse to speak to one another for the rest of the day. Later, Donald is sent to help Duck
at the smelter and Thomas wonders whether the twins will miss one another. It is clearly obvious that they do, but their true
feelings are not brought out until Donald has an accident and Douglas is the only engine strong enough to save him. Afterwards,
they realize how much they need one another.
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6.10 - Gordon Takes A Tumble
Story by David Mitton
Written by Robin Kingsland
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Gordon’s dignity gets the better of
him when he looks down his nose at Salty for being a goods engine. But Salty laughs, saying that Gordon is simply getting
‘too big for his buffers’. That night, mist from the mainland causes delay at the harbour, and Gordon finds that
he must take an overnight goods train at the last minute. Determined to show Salty that he can handle trucks he impatiently
sets off, but when he is accidentally diverted onto an old branch line the next morning, he lands himself in trouble when
the rails can’t take his weight. Gordon emerges from the accident a wiser engine.
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6.11 - Percy’s Chocolate Crunch
Story by David Mitton
Written by Brian Trueman
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Percy is always given the dirtiest of jobs, and when a water-shortage
means that the engines are restricted to fewer wash-downs, he feels even more annoyed. After rather a catastrophically day,
in which he is dragged under the coal chute by his trucks and blown with ash by Harold, Percy excited excepts the task of
taking sugar to the chocolate factory, convinced that he won’t get dirty. But slippery rails send him crashing into
the wall of the factory, emerging on the other side covered in sticky chocolate. The Fat Controller rewards Percy with a new
coat of paint for his troubles and Percy feels much better.
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6.12 - The World’s Strongest Engine
Story
by David Mitton
Written by Paul Larson
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Diesel is drafted in at the dockyard when Henry is sent away
for repairs, much to the misery of the other engines. Diesel goes about determined
to show how much more reliable diesel engines are then steam engines. The trucks encourage him to try pulling all of them
at the same time, a challenge that he gladly expects as a way of proving himself to be ‘The World’s Strongest
Engine’. But unknown to him, the truck’s brakes are ‘hard-on’, and Diesel pulls so hard
that the coupling breaks, sending him through a pair of buffers and landing on a barge. Henry returns just as Diesel is sent
packing, and pulls the train with ease. Thomas and Percy realise that trucks have their uses after
all... like getting rid of smelly old Diesel!
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6.13 - Middle Engine
Story by David Mitton
Written by Brian Trueman
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None of the engines like being a ‘Middle Engine’,
and Iron Arry and Iron Bert enjoy using this to an advantage. When Percy comes to collect some trucks from the smelter, the
twins sandwich he between two sets of trucks. Not only does this make James laugh at him, but also being stuck in the middle
causes Percy to be shunted onto the tipper’s loading ramp by mistake. James becomes conceited when the Fat Controller
assigns him to Percy’s task whilst he investigates into the disturbance. He is determined not to let the diesel’s
fool him, but when they succeed in making him a ‘Middle Engine’, James refuses to move. It is only when Percy
quickly arrives on the scene that the train finally gets moving. And when the
unusual train arrives at the Docks, Percy explains that James is learning how to be a ‘Middle Engine’!
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6.14 - Thomas the Jet Engine / Thomas & The Jet Engine (US)
Story by David Mitton
Written by Ross Hastings
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Gordon boasts about his speed and the engines wish that for
once, they could out beat him. Thomas is later summoned to the dockyard to collect a jet engine, which he must take to the
airfield. This makes him feel so important that he becomes impatient, which upsets Cranky. Cranky’s hook accidentally
knocks the switch on the jet engine, sending Thomas shooting off down the line, propelled by the powerful engine. Along the
way, Thomas speeds straight past Gordon, leaving the big engine in a state of shock.
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6.15 - Buffer Bother
Written by Ross Hastings
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After a maintenance check at
the quarry, the Fat Controller sends Ben to the works for a new set of buffers. This makes Bill jealous, who feels that because
they are twins, he should get new buffers too. Whilst Ben is away, Bill angrily goes about his work and even blasting Mavis
with soot, all out of jealousy towards his twin. He tries to distract himself by bumping trucks, but accidentally rams straight
through the buffers, landing in a gravel pit. Ben arrives home just in time to pull his twin out of trouble, and the Fat Controller
scolds Bill for damaging his buffers. He will need a new pair after all.
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6.16 - Scaredy Engines
Story by David Mitton
Written by Robin Kingsland
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On Halloween night, the engines are listening
to Edward tell the story of the ghost engine that haunts the smelter’s yard looking for it’s lost whistle, when
the Fat Controller arrives. He instructs Percy, Thomas and Duck to go to the smelter to assist with an important task, but
Percy is still shaken up by the story. Thomas spends the night teasing Percy about the ghost, calling him a ‘scaredy
engine’. But the tables turn when Thomas is left at the smelter alone and lets his sense get the better of him. Duck
thinks it will teach Thomas a lesson, but Percy feels guilt and goes out to reconcile with his friend.
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6.17 - Percy & The Haunted
Mine
Story by David Mitton
Written by Robyn Chateris
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‘The Most Beautiful
Station’ competition draws near and Percy is sent to collect shrubs from Maithwaite. But along the way, he witnesses
a building sink into the ground on the site of an abandoned mine. Donald and Douglas tell him that it is the work of the legendary
‘Naughty Gnomes’, which frightens Percy even more. But when he is sent back to the mine to collect some
trucks, another building sinks into the ground. In fright, Percy bumps the trucks and gnomes spill out. Percy is convinced
that the legend is true, only to learn that they are in fact garden gnomes for the station competition.
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6.18 - James & The Red Balloon
Story by David Mitton
Written by Jenny McDade
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Thomas brings a hot-air balloon to the airfield to take visitors
on air-tours of the island. But James is suspicious and convinces Thomas that the balloon will take away their passenger traffic.
To make matters worse, the balloon runs out of hot air and lands on the track right in front of James whilst he waits at a
level crossing. The balloon deflates and in fright, James lets out steam, which sets the balloon going once again. This makes
the two engine fret even more until they learn that the balloon has attracted so many tourists that their passenger traffic
has increased. James takes a new liking to the balloon, and wishes that he could fly just like it.
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6.19 - Toby Had A Little Lamb
Written by Jenny McDade
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Toby is flagged down by Farmer McColl on the way home during
a furious winter blizzard and learns that some baby lambs are stranded on the hillside. A vet is needed right away, and so
the Fat Controller sends him out on Duck. But Duck’s snowplough is useless against the thick snow. Toby remembers his
old branch line route and volunteers to take the vet out in search of the lambs. After a challenging journey, they find the
lambs and bring them safety home aboard Henrietta. Farmer McColl gratefully thanks Toby for his bravery.
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6.20
- Thomas, Percy & The Squeak
Story by David Mitton
Written by Jenny McDade
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The famous opera singer Alicia Botti is to give a concert and
Thomas is selected to collect her from the docks. He becomes conceited and makes Percy miss his wash-down. But on the way
to the docks, Thomas hears a strange squeaking sound coming from his train. It is not until Alicia boards the train that it
is revealed to be a mouse and she refuses to board. When Percy arrives, still dirty having missed the wash-down, she decides
to ride him instead (being grubby makes him look like a real engine!). That night, as Alicia gives her concert, the
mouse makes a home in Tidmouth sheds.
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6.21 - Edward The Very Useful Engine
Written
by David Mitton
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Edward occasionally acts as banker for heavy
trains on the main line in need of assistance on hills, but Gordon feels that he is unreliable and should be retired. This
worries Percy, who speaks to the Fat Controller. Edward is sent to help Stepney on the new loop line and Duck is drafted in
to take his place. But when Duck’s good train and Gordon’s Express find themselves at a standstill on the hill,
only Edward can help get both trains through. Gordon realises afterwards that Edward is not as unreliable as he thought.
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6.22 - It’s Only Snow
Story by David Mitton
Written by James Mason
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The engines are down-heartened when they
learn that must wear their snowploughs during the winter season. Thomas is especially cross, but he soon cheers up when he
is given the task of delivering a Christmas tree for Toby to take to the mountain village. But Toby cannot get through the
snow alone, so Thomas leads the cavalcade onwards. He has a tough time, but when a rock on the track causes his snowplough
to break away and knock over a water tower, he must press on without it. After much hard work, Thomas finally leads the way
into the station to cheers from the happy villagers.
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6.23 - Jack Frost
Story by David Mitton
Written by Paul Larson
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The winter weather is becoming increasingly colder, and so the Fat Controller
assigns James and Percy to the task of making extra coal deliveries across the island. Thomas jokingly warns Percy to be careful
of Jack Frost, which Percy takes seriously, but James rubs off as nonsense. Later that night, when Percy is taking coal to
Lower Suddeny, he finds himself stranded in the snow and becomes coated in ice, moments before James passes and mistakes him
for the mysterious Jack Frost.
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6.24 - Dunkin Duncan
Story by Simon Nicholson
Written by Jenny McDade
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Skarloey,
Rheneas and Rusty arrive at the slate mine to help with an important operation with the incline, but Duncan is impatient and
wants to get the work done faster. Despite warning from the others that safety should come first, he goes out of his way to
prove them wrong and to show off his strength and speed. But disaster strikes when the crew forget to uncouple him from the
trucks at the bottom of the incline. Duncan is hauled up the incline, causing the rope to snap - and sends him hurtlign
down into a muddy pond! The shattering of his pride soon makes Duncan apologise for being bossy.
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6.25 - Rusty Saves The Day
Story by David Mitton
Written by Paul Larson
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Skarloey and Rheneas’ old branch line
is closed down due to a lack of maintenance, meaning that they are forced to work at the quarry. Rusty takes pity on them
and longs to help them out, but his chance comes when a two-week blasting operation means that the engines must find other
work. The Fat Controller agrees to the restoring of the old line, but if the work is not done in two weeks time, it must be
abandoned. With the unexpected help of Elizabeth, the three engines put all their effort and teamwork into the project, and
the line is restored just in time.
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6.26 - Faulty Whistles
Story by David Mitton
Written by Ross Hastings
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When Peter Sam’s whistle is accidentally knocked
off by a low-hanging branch, Duncan enforces that no engine could be considered proper without a whistle. Whilst taking a
special goods train, including a new organ for the schoolmaster, he sets out to prove his point about whistles. But he uses
it so much that it flies off into a field and cannot be found. Duncan cannot go on without it, but the schoolmaster suggests
the humorous idea of using the organ as a substitute. The others made a joke about it, but even Duncan finds the situation
amusing.
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