Haunted Henry

> Whenever that Owl hoots, a mist rolls in. There’s a legend that when the mist’s about, the ghost of an old stationmaster, who used to go out and warn the engines on foggy nights. One night, however, he was exploring in the mist and it was so dense that he lost his way. By the next day he had vanished into the air, never to be seen or heard from again.Now his ghost roams the area on a foggy night. Trying to make it back, but he never makes it past the crossing gates."
> "Huh. An old stationmaster ...Whenever an owl hoots. That’s the biggest rubbish I’ve ever heard in all of my life."
> " Just take care on the old line, Henry. And keep an eye for the hoot of an owl…and a ghost won’t be too far behind."
> "Stupid bird!"
>
> Edward & Henry

## Haunted Henry

### Writer

* David Maidment (original)
* Thomas Lawrence (rewrite)

### Director

Thomas Bang Bang Stories

***Haunted Henry*** is the sixth episode of first Season from **Untold Stories**. It's a rewrite of the eleventh episode of fifth season from Original Thomas & Friends Series.

## Plot

One evening, Henry is working late with Edward and was preparing to take a goods train to the station by the lake when an owl hoots. Edward tells Henry a story about an old station by the lake. Henry scoffs at the story and sets off with his goods train, believing there is no mist, but is surprised when a mist *does* roll in. He saw a sign nailed to a tree saying "Beware of the viaduct," a closed crossing gate, a red signal, a fogman's coat discarded on a tree branch and a light flickering at a station. Henry's crew decide to turn back, believing that there's a ghost roaming around the old line.

The next day, they discover that a nearby viaduct was unsafe and would have collapsed if they had tried to cross. Later, Henry's driver informs him that the viaduct has been repaired and they can try to cross again that night. But Henry is too scared and does not want to.

 File:HauntedHenry62.png  Henry is getting prepared to leave with his train that night (this time pushing instead of pulling it) when he gets spooked after hearing an owl hoot and Gordon thundering by with the Express. This leads to the trucks teasing and laughing at Henry, claiming he was spooked. Henry crossly orders them to be quiet and claims that he is not scared, but he still is a little as the guard blows his whistle, and he sets off down the line.

Later, the fog comes down on the old line, Henry and his crew arrived at the same forest. Unknown to Henry, the crossing gates close and the signal turns red by themselves mysteriously. The trucks notice everything and they become spooked. They charge forward, pulling Henry along with them, through the gates and a mysterious figure watches Henry go by. Worse still, ahead is a landslide blocking the line in front of the viaduct. Henry slams hard on his brakes, but it was too late. The trucks hit some of the rubble, derail and plunge into the ravine below, that the viaduct goes over. Soon, the mysterious figure arrives on a pump trolley; it is actually the Old Bailey the fogman, who was supposed to be lost. Henry's driver apologises and to make up for it, the Fat Controller reopens the station and Old Bailey is made the stationmaster, who is dubbed as "The Friendliest 'Ghost' on the Island."

## Characters

Edward

Henry

Henry's driver

Wellsworth's Workman

James (cameo)

Gordon (does not

Troublesome Trucks

Henry's Fireman

Old Bailey

The Fat Controller

## **Locations**

Forest

Wellsworth

Wellsworth's Yards

Old Stone Bridge

Hawin Lake

Hawin Lake's Viaduct (mentioned)

## Film Crew

Thomas Bang Bang Stories

Steven Lines

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