Diesel 5701 Owns Up

***Diesel 5701 Owns Up*** is the twelfth episode from the third series.

## Plot

D5701 was still new to Sodor and tells Class 08 how very grateful he is that Bert rescued him and the Spiteful Brake Van from being scrapped on the Other Railway. That night, Diesel 10, D199 and Class 40 praise D5701. Unfortunately, D5701 - who has never been complimented by big engines before - soon becomes pumped up in the fuel tank.

After pulling some coaches to Tidmouth, D5701 was told by the Fat Controller that he must learn how to handle trucks, because "every wise engine knows that you cannot trust trucks." However, D5701 is so confident in himself that he ignores the other engines' warnings. Class 08 tries to convince D5701 of how trucks are troublesome, but Arry says it will be better for D5701 to learn for himself. After arranging some loaded trucks and then shunting empties to the hopper, he goes back to take the loaded trucks. However, the loaded trucks are comfortable where they were and didn’t want to move. They say that they don’t want D5701, preferring Class 08, or one of the iron twins instead.

D5701 bosses the trucks about and takes them anyway, but the trucks decide to show D5701 who is boss by forcing him down the tracks. D5701 puts his weight against the trucks, but they still push him on, unaware of the danger ahead; he is heading towards the turntable currently in use by Class 08. Just when it seems he is gaining control, D5701 falls bunker-first into the turntable well. Class 08, having seen everything, speaks his concern about the predicament, as Arry and Bert will now have to work without the use of the turntable.

That night, the breakdown train rescues D5701. The Fat Controller kindly says that D5701 has a lot to learn about the troublesome nature of trucks, to which D5701 agrees and is sent to the works to be mended. Since his return, he is a much wiser engine and knows how to handle trucks.

## Characters

* Diesel
* Class 40
* Diesel 10
* Diesel 199
* Dennis
* Class 08
* 'Arry
* Diesel 5701
* Troublesome Trucks
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Bert (*does not speak*)
* Dodge (*cameo*)
* The Spiteful Brake Van (*cameo*)
* Farmer Trotter (*cameo*)
* Bulgy (*deleted scene cameo*)

## Trivia

* The episode is based off the twenty-second episode of the third series from *Thomas & Friends*, Oliver Owns Up.
* The fourth series episode, The Spiteful Brake Van Stands By takes place after this episode. Stock footage from this episode for when D5701 fell down the turntable well was also used in The Spiteful Brake Van Stands By.
* This is the first episode of a few things for the trucks:
	+ The first episode to feature NER Vans with faces.
	+ The first episode to feature a van with a rectangular face.
	+ The first episode to feature a 4 plank truck with a face (in an extended scene from Down by the Docks).
	+ The first episode where Dodge appears without Splatter and this is also the first Episode where either twin appears without the other one.
* This is the only episode to date to feature a Utility Van with a face. It can be found at the left of the screen in the shot where the camera is following Diesel at the harbour before focusing on D5701.
* This episode marks the last appearance of Ffarquhar Sheds.
* The yard set with the turntable where D5701 fell into is the Wellsworth Yards set from the third series episode, One Good Turn redressed.
* S.S. Vienna, the steel company, a shed, a three berth garage, a large brown building and one of the Crawler Tractors from TUGS all appear at the shunting yard.