Season 1, Episodes 6-10 (Transmission 2)

Season 1, Episodes 6-10 is the second episode of Thomas and Friends.

Trouble For Thomas

 * Before long, Thomas gets into trouble with some silly freight cars when he doesn't need Edward's warning of how to handle them.

Thomas Saves The Day

 * When James has trouble with the silly freight cars, Thomas saves the day! Sir Topham Hatt rewards Thomas with his own branch line and two coaches - Annie and Clarabel.

James Learns A Lesson

 * James still needs to learn a lesson. After being too rough with some coaches, James breaks a pipe that stops his train. He's pulled up by the bootstraps when his conductor comes up with a clever idea to get James running again.

Foolish Freight Cars

 * James is determined to show Sir Topham Hatt how useful he can be. The foolish freight cars try to make James give up pulling them. With Edward's help, James proves he's in it for the long haul.

A Proud Day For James

 * It's an even prouder day for James when boastful Gordon is mistakenly sent off the main line. When Gordon upsets the passengers, James steams up and proudly pulls the express.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)

Trivia

 * Stories told by George Carlin.
 * Trouble For Thomas is out of sync.

Full Script

 * (Start of Transmission 2, 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 "TROUBLE FOR THOMAS" 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 wouldn't stop being a nuisance. Night after night, he kept the other engines awake. "I'm tired of pushing coaches. I wanna see the world." The other engines didn't take much notice, for Thomas was a little engine with a long tongue. But one night, Edward came to the shed. He was a kind little engine and felt sorry for Thomas. "I've got some freight cars to take home tomorrow. If you take them instead of me, I'll push coaches in the yard." "Thank you," said Thomas, "that will be nice." Next morning, Edward and Thomas asked their drivers, and when they said "yes", Thomas ran off happily to find freight cars.
 * (Thomas whistles and goes to find the freight cars)
 * George Carlin: Now the freight cars were silly and noisy. They talked a lot and don't attend to what they are doing. And I'm sorry to say they play tricks on an engine who is not used to them. Edward knew all about the freight cars. He warned Thomas to be careful but Thomas was too excited to listen. The shunter fastened the coupling and when the signal dropped, Thomas was ready. The conductor blew his whistle. "Peep, peep!" answered Thomas, and started off. But the freight cars weren't ready. "Oh, oh!" they screamed. "Wait, Thomas, wait!" But Thomas wouldn't wait. "Come on, come on!" he puffed. "All right, don't fuss! all right, don't fuss!" grumbled the cars.
 * (Thomas approaches Henry's Tunnel)
 * George Carlin: Thomas began going faster and faster. "Wheeeeeesh!" he whistled, as he rushed through Henry's tunnel.
 * (Thomas is finally out of Henry's Tunnel and still puffing along the line)
 * George Carlin: "Hurry, hurry!" called Thomas. He was feeling very proud of himself. But the cars grew crosser and crosser. At last Thomas slowed down as he came to Gordon's Hill.
 * (Thomas is at the top of Gordon's Hill, but is all exhausted)
 * George Carlin: "Steady, now, steady," warned the driver, as he reach the top. He began to put on the brakes. "We're stopping, we're stopping!" called Thomas. "No, no, no!" answered the cars, bumping them to each other. "Go on, go on!" Before the driver could stop them, they had pushed Thomas down the hill and were rattling and laughing behind them. Poor Thomas tried hard to stop them from making him go too fast. "Stop pushing, stop pushing!" he hissed. But the cars took no notice. "Go on, go on!" they giggled in their silly way.
 * (Thomas is nearing a siding)
 * George Carlin: "There's the station! Oh dear, what shall I do?" cried Thomas. They rattled straight through and swerved into the goods yard. Thomas shut his eyes. "I must stop!"
 * (Thomas comes to a halt)
 * George Carlin: When he opened his eyes, he saw he had stopped just in front of the buffers.
 * (A shadowy figure is shown)
 * George Carlin: There watching him was... Sir Topham Hatt. "What are you doing here, Thomas?" he asked. "I've brought Edward's freight cars," Thomas answered. "Why did you come so fast?" "I didn't mean to. I was pushed," said Thomas. "You've got a lot to learn about freight cars, Thomas. After pushing them about here for a few weeks, you'll know almost as much about them as Edward. Then you'll be a Really Useful Engine."
 * (Thomas reverses into the same station as we end the episode)
 * (We see Thomas passing under a bridge, as the "THOMAS SAVES THE DAY" title card appears, thus starting the second story.)
 * George Carlin: Every day, Sir Topham Hatt came to the station to catch his train. "Hello," he always said to Thomas. "Don't let the silly freight cars tease you. Remember, you have an important job as a special helper in the train yard."
 * (Thomas' whistle toots)
 * George Carlin: There were lots of freight cars and Thomas worked very hard pushing and pulling them into place. There was also a small coach and two strange things his driver called cranes. "That's the breakdown train," he told Thomas. "The cranes are for lifting heavy things like engines and coaches and freight cars." One day, Thomas was in the yard. Suddenly he heard an engine whistling, "Help! Help!" A freight train came rushing through much too fast. The engine was James and he was frightened. His brake blocks were on fire. "They're pushing me, they're pushing me!" he panted. "On! On!" laughed the freight cars. Still whistling, "Help! Help!" poor James disappeared. "I'd like to teach those freight cars a lesson," said Thomas the Tank Engine.
 * (We hear an alarm ringing)
 * George Carlin: Soon came the alarm. "James is off the line, the breakdown train, quickly!"
 * (Thomas rushes to the breakdown train)
 * George Carlin: Thomas was coupled on and off they went. Thomas worked his hardest. "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" he puffed. He puffed. He wasn't pretending to be like Gordon; he really meant it. "Bother those freight cars and their tricks. I hope poor James isn't hurt."
 * (James is seen in a field)
 * George Carlin: James' driver and fireman were feeling him all over to see if he was hurt.
 * (Cows mooing)
 * George Carlin: "Never mind, James," they said. "It was those silly freight cars and your old wooden brakes that caused the accident." Thomas pushed the breakdown train alongside. Then he pulled away the unhurt freight cars. "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" they groaned. "Serves you right, serves you right!" puffed Thomas. He was hard at work puffing backwards and forwards all afternoon. "This will teach you a lesson, this will teach you a lesson," he told the freight cars.
 * (Thomas biffs one freight car into another)
 * George Carlin: And they answered, "Yes it will, yes it will." They left the broken cars. Then with two cranes they put James back on the rails.
 * (The cranes lift James away from the field. A surprised Thomas watches as James is put back to the rails)
 * George Carlin: He tried to move, but he couldn't so Thomas helped him back to the shed.
 * (Thomas takes James to safety)
 * George Carlin: Sir Topham Hatt was waiting anxiously for them. "Well, Thomas," he said, "I've heard all about it and I'm very pleased with you. You're a really useful engine. James shall have some proper brakes and a new coat of paint, and you shall have a branch line all to yourself." "Oh, thank you, sir!" said Thomas. Now Thomas is as happy as can be. He has a branch line, and two coaches called Annie and Clarabel. He puffs proudly backwards and forwards with them all day. He is never lonely. Edward and Henry stop quite often and tell him the news. Gordon is always in a hurry, but never forgets to say, "Poop, poop!" and Thomas always whistles, "Peep, peep!" in return.
 * (Thomas' whistle toots)
 * (We see Thomas passing under a bridge, as the "JAMES LEARNS A LESSON" title card appears, thus starting the third story.)
 * George Carlin: James was enjoying his life on the Island of Sodor, but he still had a lot to learn. "You're a special mixed-traffic engine," said Sir Topham Hatt. "You can pull coaches or freight cars quite easily, but you must learn by your mistakes." James knew what Sir Topham Hatt meant. He could well remember that dreadful accident on his first day. "Be careful with the coaches, James," said kind little Edward. "They don't like being bumped." Everyone came to admire James. "I'm really a splendid engine," and suddenly let off steam. "Wheeeeeeesh!" A shower of water fell on Sir Topham's nice new top hat. Just then, the conductor blew his whistle and James thought they had better go. "Go on! Go on!" he puffed to Edward. "Don't push! Don't push!" puffed Edward. The coaches were grumbling too. "Don't go so fast! Don't go so fast!" But James wouldn't listen. When at last, they stopped at the next station, two coaches were beyond the platform. They have to go back to let the passengers out. But no one seems to know about Sir Topham's new hat, so James felt happier. Presently, they came to the station where Thomas was waiting with his two coaches. "Hello, James!" said Thomas, "feeling better? That's good. Oh, that's my conductor's whistle. I must go. I don't know what Sir Topham Hatt to do without me to run this branch line." And he puffed off importantly. Edward and James passed the field where James had had his accident. The fence was mended and the cows were back again. They ended their journey and rested before setting off for home. James was still wondering what Sir Topham would have to say about his new hat. Next morning, he spoke severely to James, "If you can't behave, I shall take away your red coat and have you painted blue." James didn't like that at all. He was very rough with the grumbling coaches as he brought them to the platform. "Don't talk! Come on! Gordon never has to fetch his own coaches," he thought to himself, "and he's only painted blue." To make James even more cross, this time no one came near him. "I'll show them," he thought. "They think Gordon is the only engine who can pull coaches. Hurry! hurry! hurry!" puffed James. "You're going too fast!" You're going to fast!" replied the coaches. James laughed and tried to go faster, but the coaches wouldn't let him. "We're going to stop, we're going to stop!"
 * (James soon comes to a complete halt)
 * George Carlin: "What's the matter?" James asked his driver. "The brakes are on. Leak in the pipe most likely. You've banged the coaches enough to make a leak on anything." "How should we mend it?" said the conductor. "We'll do it with newspaper and a leather bootlace," replied the driver. "Well, where's the bootlace coming from?" asked the conductor. "Ask the passengers," said the driver.
 * (James is very unhappy to hear this)
 * George Carlin: "You have a leather bootlace there," said the conductor to a smartly dressed man. "Please give it to me." "I won't." "Then I'm afraid the train will just stop where it is." The passengers all said what a bad railway it was. Then they told the man how bad he was instead. Everyone was very cross. At last, he handed his laces over. The driver tied a pad of newspapers tightly round the hole in the brake pipe, and James was able to pull the train. But he was a sadder and wiser James, and took care never to bump coaches again.
 * (We see Thomas passing under a bridge, as the "FOOLISH FREIGHT CARS" title card appears, thus starting the fourth story.)
 * George Carlin: James had not been out to push coaches or freight cars in the yard for several days. He was feeling miserable. "Oh dear. I wonder how long I shall have to stay in the shed. Will anyone else see my coat again? Why did I go so fast that I made a hole in one of my coaches that had to be mended with, of all things, a passenger's bootlace?" At last Sir Topham Hatt arrived. "I know you are sorry, James, and I know too that you want to be a useful engine. People are laughing at my railway and I don't like that at all." "I will try hard to do my best," said James. "That's a good engine. There's nothing like determination. I want you to pull some freight cars for me." James was delighted and puffed away. "Here's your freight train, James," said Thomas. "Have you got some bootlaces ready?" And he ran off laughing. "Oh, no!" said the freight cars. "We want a proper engine. Not a red monster." James took no notice and started as soon as the conductor was ready. "Come along, come along," he puffed. "We won't, we won't!" screamed the freight cars. But James didn't care and he pulled the screeching cars sternly out of the station. The cars tried hard to make him give up, but he still kept on. Sometimes, their brakes will slip on. And sometimes their axles will run hot. And each time, the trouble had to be put right. And each time James will start again determined not to let them beat him. "Give up, give up! You can't pull us! You can't, you can't!" called the cars. "I can and I will! I can and I will!" puffed James. And slowly but surely, he pulled them along the line. At last they saw Gordon's Hill. "Look out for trouble, James," warned his driver. "We'll go fast and get them up before they know it. Don't let them stop you." So James went faster and soon they were halfway up. "I'm doing it, I'm doing it!" he panted. "Will the top never come?" Then, with a sudden jerk, it all came easier. "I've done it, I've done it! Hooray! it's easy now." But his driver shut off steam. "They've done it again. We've left our tail behind. Look." The last cars were running backwards down the hill. A coupling had snapped. But the conductor stopped the cars and got out to warn approaching engines. "That's why it was easy," said James, as he backed the cars carefully down. "What silly things freight cars are. They're might have been an accident." "Shall I help you, James?" called Edward. "No thank you. I'll pull them myself." "Good. Don't let them beat you. You're doing well," whistled Edward, as James slowly struggled up the hill. "I can do it, I can do it!" he puffed. He pulled and puffed as hard as he could. "I've done it, I've done it!" he panted.
 * (James reaches the top of Gordon's Hill and happily puffed his way along the line)
 * George Carlin: James was resting in the yard when Edward pulled up. "Peep, peep!" he whistled. Then, James saw Sir Topham Hatt. "Oh, dear! What will he say?" he asked himself. But Sir Topham Hatt was smiling. "I was in Edward's train and I saw everything. You made the most troublesome train on the line behaved. After that performance, you deserved to keep your red coat."
 * (We see Thomas passing under a bridge, as the "A PROUD DAY FOR JAMES" title card appears, thus starting the last story.)
 * George Carlin: One night, Henry and Gordon were alone with James. Although Sir Topham Hatt was beginning to think well of him, whenever a chance came, the other engines would talk of nothing but bootlaces. "Remember when they had to use a bootlace to get you out of trouble James?" they would tease. James tried to get back by talking about Henry who got shut up in a tunnel and Gordon who got stuck on a hill, but they wouldn't listen. "You talk too much, little James," said Gordon. "A fine strong engine like me has something to talk about. I'm the only engine who can pull the express. When I'm not there, they need two engines. Think of that? I've pulled expresses for years, and have never once lost my way. I seem to know the right line by instinct. Every wise engine knows that the signalman sets the switches to make the engines run on the right track. But Gordon was so proud he had forgotten. "Wake up, James," said Gordon next morning. "It's time for the express. What are you doing? Odd jobs? Ah well, we all have to begin somewhere, don't we? Run along and get my coaches. Don't be late." James went to get Gordon's coaches. They were all shining with new paint. He was careful not to bump them and they followed him smoothly into the station, singing happily, "We're going away, we're going away." "I wish I was going with you," said James. "I should love to pull the express and go flying above the line." Gordon, with much noise and blowing off steam, got ready to back on to the train.
 * (Gordon sets off for the express)
 * George Carlin: Sir Topham Hatt was on the train with other important people and as soon as they heard the conductor's whistle, Gordon started. "Look at me now, look at me now," he puffed, and the coaches glided after him. "Poop poop poop poop poop! Goodbye little James, see you tomorrow." James watched the train disappear and then went back to work. He pushed some freight cars into their proper sidings, and went to fetch the coaches for another train. James had just brought the coaches to the platform when he heard a mournful noise. There was Gordon trying to sneak into the station without being noticed. "Hello, Gordon. Is it tomorrow?" Gordon didn't answer, he just let off steam feebly. "Did you lose your way, Gordon?" "No, it was lost for me. I was switched off the main line onto the loop. I have to go all around and back again." "Perhaps it was instinct," said James. All the passengers were shouting at the ticket window. "We want our money back!" Sir Topham Hatt climbed onto a cart, and blew the conductor's whistle so loudly that they all stopped to look at him. Then he promised them a new train at once. "Gordon can't do it. Will you pull it for us, James?" "Yes, sir. I'll try." So James was coupled on, and everyone got in. "Do your best, James," said Sir Topham Hatt. "Come along, come along," said James. "You're pulling us well, you're pulling us well," sang the coaches. "Hurry, hurry, hurry," puffed James. Bridges and stations flashed by, the passengers cheered and they soon reached the station. Everyone said "thank you" to James, and Sir Topham Hatt was very impressed. "Well done! Would you like to pull the express sometimes?" "Yes, please!" answered James. Next day when James came by, Gordon was pushing freight cars. "I like some quiet work for a change," he said. "I'm teaching these cars manners. You did well with those coaches I hear. Good, we'll show them." And he gave his cars a bump. James and Gordon are now good friends. James sometimes takes the express to give Gordon a rest. Gordon never talks about bootlaces, and they are both quite agreed on a subject of freight cars.
 * (Following the last story, we go to the outro with Thomas looking at us. While the end credits roll, the Thomas end theme plays. Afterwards, the A Britt Allcroft Production logo appears as we end this transmission.)