The Propeller and the Storm

**The Propeller and the Storm** is the sixth episode of the first season.

## Plot

At the Vicarstown Dieselworks, Den and Dart had finished fixing Hugo's propeller after it was worn out from blowing all the fog away. The rail zeppelin thanked the diesels and went back to work taking passengers around the island during the summer. When the holidays were over, Hugo went back to the Mainland to take the Duke and Duchess back to Boxford. But as he stopped at a signal, he spotted a large brown tank engine go by pulling a heavy train of steel, much to his surprise. When he next saw Thomas at Vicarstown Station, he told him about the big engine that had passed by. Thomas then tells him that the engine's name was Hurricane and that he works at a steelworks with a diesel engine named Frankie. After he finishes telling Hugo about his Mainland adventure, the rail zeppelin leaves the station to pick up passengers as Annie and Clarabel ask their engine about the engines that locked him up at the steelworks.

When Hugo returned to the Mainland, he came to a station where he saw Hurricane shunting tarpaulin trucks into a siding with ingots inside them. Hugo told Hurricane about the time he locked Thomas up at the steelworks, and the big tank engine told him that he's changed, and as a result, he's no longer trapping engines. But as Hugo left the station to continue his passenger run, Hurricane was surprised that he didn't say goodbye before he left quickly. When Hurricane returned to the Steelworks, Frankie told him that he was late. Hurricane apologises to Frankie and tells the other engines about how he saw Hugo at the station much to the surprise of Merlin and Lexi since they're unusual engines like Hugo. As Frankie told Hurricane about his next job sorting trucks in the yards, she said that he was late for his next delivery. But Hurricane insists that Merlin should take the next delivery while he shunts the trucks; that way, they would save time. That night, Hurricane wouldn't stop thinking about Hugo, and what Frankie had said to him about running late with his deliveries.

The next morning, Frankie delivered some steel to Bridlington Goods Yard, where she stumbled across Hugo, who was also at the goods yard. As the two diesel engines talked about why he made Hurricane late, Frankie suggested that they should have a race against each other. When Hugo followed Frankie back to the steelworks, the engines greeted him, and Hugo told everyone that Hurricane was to race alongside him. Hurricane wasn't so sure, as he had never raced with another engine that didn't work at the steelworks. Frankie explained that there was a delivery that needed to go to the Island of Sodor. Hugo and Hurricane took their starting positions outside the gates as Frankie told them where to go. With a blast from her horn, the two engines took off to start their race across the Mainland to Sodor. Hurricane noticed that Hugo was getting faster than he was. At the Vicarstown Bridge, Hiro and Wilbert were on their way to Sodor as they weren't aware about Hugo and Hurricane racing along the line. Hugo and Wilbert warned Hurricane to slow down, but the big tank engine's load of steel spilled onto the tracks, causing Hiro to derail. Hurricane asks if he's won, but Wilbert blames the two engines for causing Hiro to crash due to their speed.

Later, Henry arrived with Judy and Jerome to lift Hiro back onto the tracks so that he could transport him to the Steamworks. The Fat Controller was very cross with Hugo and Hurricane as he spoke to them severely at Vicarstown Station that evening. Thomas was also surprised to see them, as Hurricane realised it was Frankie who was responsible for this whole race to begin with in the first place. The Fat Controller asked Hurricane to take Hiro's goods train back to Bridlington on the Mainland while Hugo and Thomas took the Fat Controller back to Knapford so he could have a meeting with his driver Franz. When Hurricane returned back to the steelworks that night, Frankie asked who had won the race and where Hugo was, as Hurricane had explained everything. Frankie was sure that Hiro would be repaired at some point, as all engine parts would be made of solid metal. Hurricane hoped for Hiro to be fixed after his accident, as he soon fell fast asleep.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Wilbert
* Hiro
* Lexi
* Merlin
* Hurricane
* Den
* Dart
* Hugo
* Frankie
* Annie and Clarabel
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Henry (*does not speak*)
* Judy and Jerome (*not named; do not speak*)
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (*do not speak*)
* Donald (*cameo*)
* Stepney (*cameo*)
* Connor (*cameo*)
* Samson (*cameo*)
* Theo (*cameo*)
* D199 (*cameo*)
* Sidney (*cameo*)
* Norman (*cameo*)
* The Mainland Diesel Shunters (*cameo*)
* Beresford (*cameo*)
* Franz (*mentioned*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Vicarstown
		- Vicarstown Dieselworks
		- Vicarstown Bridge
	+ Knapford
* The Mainland
	+ Crewe
	+ The Steelworks
	+ The Mainland Junction
	+ Bridlington Goods Yard
	+ Manchester Canal

## Cast

* Andrew Hager as Dart
* AngelsandArachnids as Frankie
* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Cheeky Chuffer as Wilbert
* Crane Engine Studios as Hurricane and Den
* Gingercat65 as Lexi
* HeartCloud Productios as Annie and Clarabel
* Mason Hagen as Hugo
* MrMerlinFan02 as Hiro and Merlin
* SteamTeam3211 as Sir Topham Hatt

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first of a few things:
	+ The first episode to feature AngelsandArachnids and HeartCloud Productions in the cast.
	+ The first episode to have a voice actor change, that being AngelsandArachnids as Frankie instead of Yilin Zhou. However, Yilin voiced Frankie in her next appearance, Sixteen's Sweet Surprise before leaving the series altogether due to some complications. Beginning with Truly the Truro, Glen was given the role of Frankie for a full time period.
* The events from the special, Journey Beyond Sodor were mentioned a couple of times during the first half of the episode.
* The crash scene with Hiro and Hurricane's pipes may have been inspired by the Season 19 episode, Helping Hiro.
* This episode arc spans with the previous episode and Hugo the Hero which wasn't released until after the next two episodes that primarily focus on James.

## Watch Episode

The Propeller and the Storm (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 6)