Rescued

**Rescued** is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the Stories of Sodor and the seventy-ninth episode overall.

Rescued/Transcript

## Plot

With British Rail's scrapping of steam engines coming to a fold, many faceless engines were sent to Killdane to meet their end, giving the scrapyard a well-earned profit. One day, Henry drops off a train for Neil and notices that Geoffrey's tender is the last part of him waiting to meet its faith. As Henry departs, Neil is ordered to prepare a new batch of engines, but when he buffers up, one of them turns out to be non-faceless.

Robert Hall and the search and rescue team are notified and dispatched to the scene. The Fat Controller meets them there, shocked at the sight before him. Hall reveals that the engine, whose name is Barry, came all the way from Norwich and has been rusting for seven years, but no-one knows how his fate transpired. The last thing Barry remembers is being given green water for some minor repairs. The Fat Controller vows to find those responsible and destroy their careers. Hall airs the possibility of conducting his experiment on Barry, but the Fat Controller does not think this is a good idea. He allows Hall to ask Barry but stresses that he must explain every detail and that they will only go through with it if Barry consents.

At the works, Barry turns down Hall's offer after he is presented with it. Just as Hall announces his preparation for regular repair, the alarm sounds and Mickey and Derek respond to the call. When they arrive, they find that Henry has been involved in a particularly brutal crash. Once they bring Henry to the works, they learn that a shipment of new parts has been delayed. Knowing Henry has little time, Hall proposes utilising spare parts from the scrapyard to repair Henry. Mickey reluctantly accepts the idea. As they scour the scrapyard for parts, Neil discovers a decommissioned engine of the same make as Henry, which they take to use at the works.

As news of Henry's repair and gradual recovery reaches the other engines, Donald speaks to Edward about Hall's father being a former guard. Edward recounts a disgruntled porter named Gregory Hall who had turned to alcohol after being fired by Mr. Star for gross incompetence. He also gained custody of his nephews after their parents died. Edward does not know the specifics aside from the father possibly being a guard for the LMS. Donald remembers one of their guards dying back in the day but cannot remember his name. Edward remarks that if it was the same guard, Hall has done well to move past the tragedy.

Back at the works, everyone receives good news: not only is Henry stable, but the missing parts have been found and will arrive the next day. Mickey graciously apologizes to Hall for his earlier doubt. As Hall starts walking away, Barry calls out to him and takes him up on his earlier offer. He admits that he initially turned him down because he didn't think Hall could pull it off, but Henry's survival at Hall's hands has proven to Barry how good Hall is.

In the end, Barry's procedure would turn out to be a complete success, and the Fat Controller would find out the full story of what happened to the poor engine. It turns out that when Barry was being repaired, a faceless decommissioned member of his class was present, and the two engines' paperwork had been mixed up. The Fat Controller kept his word about destroying the careers of those responsible.

Like Barry, Henry would make a full recovery, but unlike what happened to Barry, Henry's crash was not an accident. Evidence was found that the track at the site had been tampered with. Unbeknownst to the engines, the culprit was the same person who had murdered Geoffrey. It would seem that the threat was closer then they all thought and that they weren't done with Sodor just yet.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* Donald
* Barry
* Mickey
* Derek
* Neil
* The Fat Controller
* Robert Hall
* Emily *(does not speak)*
* Gordon *(cameo)*
* James *(cameo)*
* Reginald *(cameo)*
* Peter *(cameo)*
* Peckett *(cameo)*
* Daisy *(cameo)*
* Joshua *(cameo)*
* Ivo Hugh *(cameo)*
* Duncan *(cameo)*
* Duke *(cameo)*
* Falcon *(cameo)*
* Onslow *(cameo)*
* Mr. Star *(flashback; cameo)*
* Geoffrey *(tender only; mentioned)*

## Trivia

* Neil calling Henry "Horace" might have been a reference to the Sodor Answers short "*Are there two Henrys?"*.
* In the Patreon upload, Victor originally made a mistake by saying "Non-Faceless" in the beginning, instead of "Faceless". This was fixed before the episode was officially released on YouTube.