Racing Rob

**Racing Rob** is the 4th episode of Engines of Eight.

## Plot

Rob always brags about how fast he is, but all hell breaks loose when he and Gregory race against each other.

## Characters

* Gregory
* Rob
* Yandall
* The Stout Director
* Tom (cameo)
* Jamie (cameo)
* Pink Tender Engine (cameo)
* Norman (cameo, Remastered Version Only)
* Eddie (portrait cameo)
* Sawyer (portrait cameo, Original Version Only)
* Rover (portrait cameo, Remastered Version Only)
* James or Red-Ted? (portrait cameo, Remastered Version Only)

## Music

* Humphrey the Bear - In the Bag (1956) Opening (Original Title Card)
* Pink Fizz (New Title Card)
* Peaceful Music from "Felix The Cat"
* What A Dame
* Music Cue from "Albert and Sidney"
* Unknown Race Start Music
* Shopping Spree (Reversed, Original Version Only)
* Music Cue from "Mouse into Space" (Tom and Jerry)
* Domestic Afternoon
* ???

## Music from the Spanish dub

* Humphrey the Bear - In the Bag (1956) Opening
* ZR51 Light Movement
* Gary Hughes - Cruising Speed
* EM-108H Light Activity
* Short Cue Unknown #1
* Unknown Race Start Music
* Fast Lane
* Reel S-13 6-TC-127 Reserved Disaster
* 3) Holidays by Ib Glindemann
* Short Cue Unknown #2

## Trivia

### About Episode

* This episode drained the Dockyard Films' budget, which is why it used a lot of stock footage, edited photo compositions, and some models (mostly Rob) keep on changing. The episode is also shorter in runtime than most.
* The episode also had a Spanish dub version.
* There are several Japanese dubs of the episode as well, but all of them are currently lost.
* There was a remastered version in 1977.
* The first Japanese dub references Wacky Races, a Hanna-Barbera Cartoon.
* In The French Dub, Rob's Referred To As Robert.
* There has been some misconception that the episode was reran on television on June 25th, 2000, however this has since been proven false since the show concluded on May 31st, 2000, and a more plausible date for the episode was a date before May 31st, 2000. It currently remains unknown which day the episode reran on as documentation on it is very scarce.

### Outside ARG

* The edited shots from the Thomas & Friends episodes, Thomas & The Trucks", Tenders & Turntables", Trouble In The Sheds", and Bye, George!", have been used.
* At one Point During Rob and Gregory’s Race (in the Remastered Version only), Gregory switches to his Trainz Model that was Used for him in Trainz Engines of Eight. Councidentaly (Also in The Remastered Version only) His and Rob’s Trainz Models had been used to show the Close-up shots of Their Wheels when Starting the Race.

## Goofs

* While Rob stops at the final station, his model tends to switch.
* When Rob argues with Gregory, his model changes to B12 instead of B16. In the same shot, Gregory wears Yandall's facemask.
* Gregory was shown with the number "2401" in his close up shot. However, his number is never seen in other shots.
* When Rob and Gregory wait for guard's whistle, Gregory's face was crooked.
* In the close up of Gregory's wheels, due to using stock footage, he has eight Boxpok drive wheels.
* After Rob and Gregory crashed, Rob's wheel arrangement changes to a 4-8-0 in one shot.
* In the middle of this episode, Rob lost his red lining in side of running board. But in the final shot, it was back again.
* The Truck that is front of Jamie changes into a flatbed.

## In Other Languages

 Spanish (Latin America)
 French