Freezing Frankie

**Freezing Frankie** is the eighteenth episode of the first season.

## Plot

Every time when a big freeze hits the Island of Sodor, and when the steam engines were out of action due to the coal delivery getting delayed, the diesel engines that work on the Fat Controller's railway would take over their jobs to keep the railway running. Sometimes when there's too much work going on, diesel engines from far-off places come to Sodor to help out during the big freeze. One day, the Steelworks on the Mainland was crowded with other engines as they tried to find a place to keep themselves warm. Frankie was overworked and stressed out and left the Steelworks before she could finish for the day leaving Hurricane and the experimental engines dealing with the visiting engines that offered to help out. Frankie came to a signal at the Manchester Canal where she met D261 who was on his way to Sodor to help out the other diesels there. Frankie decided to travel to Sodor with the Class 40 to take a break from working at the crowded Steelworks. As they arrived on the island, they spotted other diesel engines keeping the railway running while the steam engines were out of action. When they arrived at Tidmouth Sheds, the steam engines were shocked to see them, especially Bowler. The Class 40 believes that the diesels were literally taking over the railway as Frankie insists that the steam engines would get back to work once the coal delivery arrives.

The next morning, Frankie went to Knapford where she met the Fat Controller who orders her to take over Thomas'branch line run as Philip shunted Annie and Clarabel into the platform. The two coaches weren't so sure about a diesel engine pulling them along the branch line, but they were glad it wasn't Diesel who was taking them. As Frankie worked on the branch line, she used her sandbox to slow herself down along the icy rails. However, she didn't want to interact with Terence or Bertie every time she saw them. That evening, Frankie returned to Knapford where she met Daisy who would take over the branch line the next day as the Fat Controller would send Frankie to deliver sandbags to Brendam Docks to stop the icy rails from getting slippery. The next morning, Frankie collected the sandbag trucks from Knapford Yards and went off to the docks where she met BoCo waiting at a junction with Edward's passenger train while the blue tender engine was in the sheds.

At Brendam Docks, Frankie met Salty who remembers her from when she last came to Sodor to help out with the shunting. Just then, Timothy and the Logging Locos (Bash, Dash and Ferdinand) arrived at the docks delivering their loads. Much to her surprise, Frankie realized they all run on oil instead of coal, so she dashed off back to the Mainland as she didn't want to work on Sodor anymore. She sped pass D261 waiting at a signal with the express who was also surprise to see Frankie getting away. Frankie's wheels slipped along the icy rails as her sandbox was completely empty. She went over some frozen points and crashed into a snowdrift as there was an avalanche that buried Frankie deep in the snow. As her driver went to phone for help, the other diesel engines were too busy to notice Frankie in the snow while they were keeping the railway running. She was still stuck in the snow when the coal delivery eventually arrived as the steam engines went back to work. But they didn't notice Frankie until Thomas came along and spotted some engine wheels in the snowdrift as his coaches Annie and Clarabel think it was a yeti. Thomas brought Rocky to lift the engine out of the snowdrift which was revealed to be Frankie much to Thomas' surprise. So Thomas took Frankie to the Dieselworks where Den and Dart tell him that their smelting pot in the back broke down and that they couldn't fix Frankie until Thomas had another idea of how to keep her warm. He lends Frankie to D261 as he took the frozen diesel back to the Steelworks on the Mainland where she would eventually get warm by the heat inside. Hurricane and the experimental engines were happy to have her back home, and Frankie was glad that the visiting engines had left to find other places to keep themselves warm, and was looking forward to a good night's rest.

## Characters

* Thomas
* James
* Percy
* Stepney
* Sixteen
* Spencer
* Bash and Dash
* Ferdinand
* Timothy
* Theo
* Hurricane
* BoCo
* Daisy
* D261
* Salty
* Den
* Dart
* Philip
* Frankie
* Annie and Clarabel
* Rocky
* Bertie
* Terence
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Dock Manager
* Edward (*does not speak*)
* Diesel (*does not speak*)
* Henry (*cameo*)
* Gordon (*cameo*)
* City of Truro (*cameo*)
* Bluebell (*cameo*)
* Wilbert (*cameo*)
* Emily (*cameo*)
* Connor (*cameo*)
* Caitlin (*cameo*)
* Samson (*cameo*)
* Lexi (*cameo*)
* Merlin (*cameo*)
* Mavis (*cameo*)
* D199 (*cameo*)
* D7101 (*cameo*)
* Derek (*cameo*)
* ‘Arry and Bert (*cameo*)
* Diesel 10 (*cameo*)
* Sidney (*cameo*)
* Norman (*cameo*)
* Paxton (*cameo*)
* Stafford (*cameo*)
* Ivan (*cameo*)
* Hugo (*cameo*)
* Noor Jehan (*cameo*)
* Hector (*cameo*)
* Beresford (*cameo*)
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (*mentioned*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Tidmouth Hault
	+ Tidmouth Sheds
	+ Brendam Docks
	+ Vicarstown Bridge
	+ Maron
	+ Knapford
		- Knapford Yards
	+ The Windmill
	+ Maithwaite
	+ Terence's Field
	+ Ffarquhar
	+ Vicarstown Dieselworks
* The Mainland
	+ The Steelworks
	+ Manchester Canal
* Paris (*mentioned*)
* Misty Island (*mentioned*)
* Sodor Search and Rescue Center (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* Andrew Hager as Spencer and Dart
* AngelsandArachnids as Frankie
* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Percy, Theo, Hurricane, Den and Rocky
* Dana-Kenzie as Stepney
* DarthWill3 as Salty
* Dueling Express as BoCo
* Electro Gamer as James and Sixteen
* Gingercat65 as Annie and Clarabel
* Holden Stafford as Cranky
* Joseph's Railway Studios as Timothy
* LJ Productions as Bash and Dash
* Mason Hagen as D261
* Numpty Pootis 8012 as Bertie
* Plunderbird as Ferdinand
* RhysIndividual as the Dock Manager
* SteamTeam3211 as Sir Topham Hatt
* SudrianRailwayStudios as Terence
* SEVP as Daisy
* The expert 07 as Philip

## Trivia

* This episode marks a few things:
	+ The first episode to feature Gingercat65 as Annie and Clarabel, as their original voice actor, HeartCloud Productions, previously voiced them between episodes 6-11.
	+ The first episode to air in the year, 2021.
	+ The second and last episode to have Mason Hagen as D261 and Dana-Kenzie as Stepney. Starting from Season 2 and beyond, the roles were later given to LJ Productions as D261 and Joseph Lyon as Stepney respectively.
	+ The last episode to feature Electro Gamer as Sixteen. Starting from Season 2 and beyond, the role was given to TankEngine97 would eventually joins the cast.
	+ The only episode to feature SEVP in the cast as Daisy instead of Yilin Zhou. Starting from Season 2 and beyond, the role was given to Dana-Kenzie.
	+ 'Arry, Bert and Diesel 10's only appearances in the first season despite making cameo appearances in the background.
* This episode uses elements from the Season 19 episode, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, the Season 20 episode, The Railcar and the Coaches and the Season 21 episode, The Big Freeze respectively.
	+ This episode also uses references from special, Journey Beyond Sodor, and the book, Delivery at the Docks in which Frankie makes both appearances in.
* This is the longest episode of the first season with a runtime total of 15 minutes and 33 seconds.
* The episode's thumbnail shows an unedited image of Frankie in Terence's field.

## Watch Episode

Freezing Frankie (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 18)