Past Tales

**Past Tales** is the first episode of the first season, and the pilot episode of the series. It is the first episode of the series overall. It was uploaded to YouTube on February 13, 2018. The remastered version was uploaded to YouTube on August 20, 2022. It was written and filmed by Douglas The Black Engine Number 10.

## Synopsis

Edward decides to tell his friends about the story of his friend, Bertram, who went into the mines, but never came out.

## Plot

One night at the sheds, Edward decides to tell the other engines a story about his friend, Bertram, who one day went into the mine, but never came out.

In the story, he describes that the two of them arrived on Sodor in 1965. He also describes how Bertram was painted black with gold stripes and his name printed on his side and how they were the best of friends. They shunted trucks, worked together, and did many other things together.

But one day, Bertram was asked to go into the mine. He liked the sound of that as he had never been there, so he set off. Bertram shunted the trucks at the mine and taught them very good lessons. In no time, most of the trucks were ready. But one truck in particular got on Bertram's nerves by calling him names, setting him off. He kept calling Bertram names until he hit him so hard, he rolled straight into the mine. After realizing what he'd done Bertram raced into the mine to collect the truck, but when he went inside, an explosion occurred, blowing up the track.

Edward comes as quick as he can and sees that the track had been blown up with Bertram inside. After it was repaired, he went inside to try and look for him, but he was unsuccessful. He was never found, but many people say that Bertram is still in the mine, trying to find his way out, while others say he's now a pile of scrap. Everyone says they like it, James says that for once, the story wasn't boring, and Percy makes a comment on how Bertram could keep Gordon's mouth from "running away with itself", much to the latter's annoyance. Edward leaves to go back to his shed, before the rest of the engines fall asleep.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Bertram *(flashback; no lines)*

## Cast

* TheGreenCaterpillar as Gordon
* HydesR01 as Percy
* Douglas The Black Engine Number 10 as All Other Voices

## Locations

* Tidmouth Sheds
* The Mine

## Trivia

* First appearance of Thomas.
* First appearance of Edward.
* First appearance of Henry.
* First appearance of Gordon.
* First appearance of James.
* First appearance of Percy.
* First appearance of Bertram.
* This episode’s title comes from the **past tales** Edward was telling at the sheds to the other engines.
* a remastered version of this episode was uploaded in Augest 20th 2022

### Goofs/Errors

* Edward states that he and Bertram arrived in 1965, however this is incorrect as the interior series tells us that this actually took place before then, and as Lady's death was stated to be in 1910 (two years after Bertram went into the mine), this would obviously have taken place in 1908.
	+ In the remastered version, Edward says that the two arrived in 1910.
* Bertram is said to be black but he is actually dark brown.
	+ In the remastered version, it correctly states that he is brown.
* When shunting trucks, Edward's tender derails and a hand is seen pushing him.
* When Bertram shunts his truck, his tender and the truck bounce up and derail.
* An oil/paint can appears out of nowhere at one point.
* When going into the mines, Edward’s tender bounces up and derails, and one piece of track is missing and reappears in the next scene.
* In the remastered version, after James comments on the story, he disappears and Edward appears in his shed.

## Episodes

 **Films/Other Media** | "Horror House" • "On Set" • "The Slender Engine" • "Blood Fair"