Season 1, Episodes 11-15 (Transmission 3)

Season 1, Episodes 11-15 is the third episode of Thomas and Friends.

Thomas and The Conductor

 * Impatient Thomas is in such a rush that he races from the station without his conductor. Annie and Clarabel try to put on the brakes, but can't without their conductor.

Thomas Goes Fishing

 * Thomas finds himself up a creek again when he wants to go fishing. But engines don't fish! When Thomas runs out of water, his tank is filled with water from the river. Thomas' wish has come true, but it fishes up trouble.

Terence The Tractor

 * Cheeky Thomas thinks he's the best. Thomas teases Terence the Tractor about his caterpillar wheels. When Thomas gets stuck in a snowdrift, Thomas sees that Terence's caterpillar wheels are truly splendid.

Thomas and Bertie's Great Race

 * With Bertie the Bus, Thomas challenges him to a great race to see if the rails or the roads are faster. Who will win?

Tenders and Turntables

 * It's trouble for the big tendered engines! Problems arise on the turntables during an especially windy day.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * Stories told by George Carlin.

Full Script

 * (Start of Transmission 3, we start with the Britt Allcroft Presents logo. Then, we start with the Thomas and Friends Season 5 intro, with Thomas, with Annie and Clarabel passing the windmill, as the "THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & FRIENDS" logo appears. Then, the "BASED ON THE RAILWAY SERIES BY THE REV.W.AWDRY" logo appears, and then the "ADAPTATION BY BRITT ALLCROFT" logo. Then, we see Thomas passing under a bride, as the "THOMAS & THE CONDUCTOR" title card appears. Finally, we see Thomas arriving at the last station, as the "TOLD BY GEORGE CARLIN" title card appears, and then the "DIRECTED BY DAVID MITTON" title card appears, then we start the first story.)
 * George Carlin: Thomas the Tank Engine is very proud of his branch line. He thinks it's the most important part of the whole railway. His two coaches, Annie and Clarabel, agree with him. Annie could only take passengers but Clarabel can take passengers, baggage and the conductor. They were both old and need new paint, but Thomas loves them very much. As they run backwards and forwards along the line, they sing songs to each other. When Thomas starts from the station he sings, "Oh, come along, we're rather late, oh, come along, we're rather late," and the coaches sang, "We're coming along, we're coming along." They don't mind that Thomas says to them because they know he was trying to please Sir Topham Hatt. And they know too that if Thomas is cross, he's not cross with them. One day, they have to wait for Henry's train which made Thomas very cross.
 * (No one is there)
 * George Carlin: "How could I run my line properly if Henry is always late? He doesn't realize that Sir Topham Hatt depends on me." Thomas whistled impatiently. He wanted to leave, but he have to wait for Henry's passengers.
 * (Henry is now seen)
 * George Carlin: At last Henry came.
 * (Henry reaches the platform)
 * George Carlin: "Where have you been, lazybones?" "Oh dear, my system is out of order. No one understands my case. You don't know what I suffer." "Rubbish!" said Thomas, "you're too slow; you need exercise." The conductor blew his whistle and Thomas started so quickly that he left him behind. The conductor waved his red flag to stop Thomas, but Thomas was on his way steaming out of the station. "Come along, come along," puffed Thomas. But Clarabel didn't want to come. "I've lost my nice conductor, I've lose my nice conductor," she sobbed. Annie tried to tell Thomas what had happened, "We haven't a conductor, we haven't a conductor!" But he was hurrying and wouldn't listen. Annie and Clarabel tried to put on their brakes, but they couldn't without their conductor. "Where's our conductor? Where's our conductor?" they cried. But Thomas didn't stop till they came to a signal. "Bother that signal," said Thomas. "What's the matter?" "I don't know," said his driver. "The conductor will tell us in a minute." They waited and waited but the conductor didn't come. "Peep peep peep! Where's the conductor?" whistled Thomas. "We've left him behind!" sobbed Annie and Clarabel together.
 * (Thomas is insulted to hear this)
 * George Carlin: Everyone looked, and there he was running as fast as he could along the line, with his flag on one hand and his whistle in the other. He was very hot, so he had a drink, and told them that Thomas had left him behind. "I'm very sorry," said Thomas. "We all made mistakes," replied the conductor. "Look, the signal's down. We can go. Let's make up for lost time."
 * (Thomas resumes his travels)
 * George Carlin: Annie and Clarabel were so pleased to have their conductor again, but they sang, "As fast as you like, as fast as you like!" to Thomas all the way. They reached the end of the line quicker than ever before.
 * (Thomas arrives at the last station)
 * (We see Thomas passing under a bridge, as the "THOMAS GOES FISHING" title card appears, thus starting the second story.)
 * George Carlin: When Thomas puffed along his branch line, he always look forward to something special. The sight of the river. As they rumble over the bridge, he would see people fishing. Thomas often wanted to stay and watch, but his driver said, "No! what would Sir Topham Hatt say if we were late?" Every time he met another engine he would say, "I want to fish." But they all had the same answer, "Engines don't go fishing." "Silly stick in the muds," thought Thomas. One day, he stopped as usual to take him water at the station by the river. "Out of order! Bother!" said Thomas, "I'm thirsty." "Never mind," said his driver. "We'll get some water from the river." They found a bucket and some rope and went to the bridge. Then the driver left the bucket down to the water. The bucket was old and have five holes, so they had to fill it, pull it up, and empty it into Thomas' tank as quickly as they could several times over.
 * (Progress begins on the filling of Thomas' tank)
 * George Carlin: They finished at last. "That's good, that's good," puffed Thomas, and Annie and Clarabel ran happily behind. Suddenly, Thomas began to feel a pain in his boiler. Steam began to hiss with his safety valve in an alarming way. "There's too much steam!" said Thomas. "Oh, dear," groaned Thomas, "I'm going to burst! I'm going to burst!" They damped down his fire and struggled on. "I've got such a pain! I've got such a pain!" Thomas hissed. They stopped just outside the last station, uncoupled Annie and Clarabel and ran Thomas, who was still hissing fit to burst, on a siding right out of the way.
 * (Thomas reaches a siding and stops)
 * George Carlin: Then, while the conductor telephoned for an engine inspector, the driver found notice in large letters, which he hung on Thomas in front and behind. Danger: Keep Away. Soon, the inspector and Sir Topham Hatt arrived. "Cheer up, Thomas," they said, "we'll soon put you right." The driver told them what had happened. "So the feed pipe is blocked," said the inspector. "I'll just look in the tanks." He climbed up and peered in, then he came down. "Excuse me, sir, please look in the tank and tell me what you see." "Certainly, inspector," replied Sir Topham Hatt. He clambered up, looked in and nearly fell off in surprise. "Inspector," he whispered, "can you see fish?"
 * (Thomas is horrified upon hearing this)
 * George Carlin: "Gracious goodness me! how did the fish get there, driver?" "We must have fished them from the river with our bucket," replied Thomas' driver. "Well, Thomas, so you and your driver had been fishing. But fish don't suit you, we must get them out." They all took turns and fishing into Thomas' tank, while Sir Topham Hatt looked down and told them how to do it. When they had caught all the fish, they had a lovely picnic supper of fish and chips. "Mmm. That was good," said Sir Topham Hatt, "but fish don't suit you, Thomas, so you mustn't do it again." "No, sir, I won't," said Thomas sadly. "Engines don't go fishing. It's too uncomfortable."