Feel It

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***Feel It*** is the sixth episode of the eleventh series of *The Dark Railway Series*.

## Plot

Ed and Sid have spent the last several years working on the Castleman's Railway in Hampshire. The railway has expanded since their arrival, tiring the pair out. Fortunately, some of the line's own engines start to enter traffic. The first is Rob, a heavy freight engine convinced he is a genuine Great Western engine despite being a rebuild. The second is Lundy, a Bulleid Pacific who Ed takes a liking to. The third is Harry, a small South Eastern tender engine who takes an instant disliking to both Ed and Sid. One misty morning, Ed accidentally bumps into Harry at the station. The furious engine demands Ed to leave his railway and gets madder when Ed doesn't rise to his bait. As Ed leaves the scene, Harry bumps him back, threatening worse if he disrespects him again.

Sid is outraged when he learns what happened, but Ed pleads with him not to do anything about it. He gets defensive when Sid suggests it's only because he likes Lundy, but he still gets him to keep quiet. It doesn't take long for Harry to start on Sid too, and he is not as passive as Ed, who has to force him away from the scene. Sid reports the matter to the railway's manager, Mr. Knight, who promises to sort the situation whilst Rob admits it might be best if the pair leave the railway after all.

Things die down for a time afterwards and Ed uses the time to get closer to Lundy. However, one day Harry comes up to Ed while he is taking on water. Raging at him for wrecking his reputation on the line, Harry bumps him again, breaking the water column & shouts at Ed saying that both he and Sid should have been scrapped and died when they had the chance. This attack on Ed was the final straw and in a fit of rage, Sid charges forward and pushes Harry straight into the turntable well. Sid then begins yelling at Harry saying that he'd had enough of Harry's behaviour towards him and Ed & preparing to take a run at Harry and damage him further, Lundy is forced to intervene. She tries to calm Sid down but fails and struggles to hold Sid back on her own, it takes the combined strength of Lundy and Rob to drag the raging Sid away from the terrified Harry who was telling him that they couldn't hold him back forever. Services are suspended while the mess is cleared up.

The following morning, Ed and Sid are informed by Mr. Knight that he had spoken severely to Harry and told him that he deserved what happened to him for his abhorrent behaviour towards them and the other engines. However despite telling Ed that he wasn't to blame for the previous days incident as Harry had been the one who started it, Ed and Sid are also told that it is no longer viable for the pair to stay following this incident and they will therefore be returning home. Ed is gutted that he and Sid are being sent home and although Mr. Knight is happy for them to return in the future when Harry is out of ticket, Sid coldly tells him they will not be returning, insulted that they are the ones being sent away for Harry's behaviour instead of Harry being sent away for his nasty behaviour. The pair bid farewell to Lundy and Rob, the former of which promises to come and visit the Dark Railway in the future. Before they depart for home Sid gives Harry a final warning saying that he should keep his mouth shut & that if he acts up again and upsets Lundy OR irritates anyone else, he would return to the railway and finish him off. Harry cowers at Sid's words and stays quiet as Ed and Sid are moved away to the waiting lorrys for their journey home.

## Characters

* Ed
* Sid
* Rob
* Lundy
* Harry
* Mr Knight
* Sir Eustace Missenden (*mentioned*)
* 257 Squadron (*mentioned*)
* Mac (*mentioned*)
* Liz (*mentioned*)
* Zeke Dark (*not named; mentioned*)

## Locations

* Castleman's Railway
	+ Ashley Heath
	+ Ringwood
* Dark Railway (*mentioned*)
* Somerset and Dorset Railway (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first appearances of Ed and Sid in *The Dark Railway Series* since the ninth series episode Meanwhile....
* The music for the opening credits in this episode is the full version of that used for the intro for *Ed and Sid*: "Champ" by Gunnar Olsen. The ending credits music is Dark DJ's remix of Ian Pooley's "Long Johns".
* The end credits foreshadow the events of the following episode.
* This episode is the most viewed episode of the eleventh series, as of Dec 2023 the episode has had over 22,000 views, Episodes 1 & 2 share joint second with 16,000 views. It's also the joint 6th most viewed episode of "The Dark Railway Series" (the other episode being Season 5 Episode 10 "Time Waits for No One, Part 2").