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HenryandDouglasFan (Yay, an original idea!): Basically a retelling of Donald and Douglas's origins and how they came to Sodor (It would basically be like the RWS except they choose to keep their black paint)

HenryandDouglasFan: Any magazine stories that haven't been adapted into the TVS, but rewritten a bit

HenryandDouglasFan Ideas by **ShockSound8**:

* Toby finds the Magic Buffers and Lady. They team up to prevent a returned Splatter and Dodge from ruining the new viaduct.
* Arthur and Thirteen are old rivals, with Thirteen always getting into accidents and Arthur never. However, when Thirteen returns to the railway, he first teases him about his accident. They both learn that it isn’t the accident, it’s how you behave after it that is important.
* Billy and Dennis are forced to work together. However, Dennis is very lazy and does not want to help. This frustrates Billy, and chaos ensues.
* When Samson is out of commission, Sidney must do his work. Unfortunately, Bradford’s bossing does not work on Sidney as he doesn’t remember his orders.
* Rosie is a new kid/train and Thomas develops a crush on her.
* Splatter and Dodge bumble across Sodor, trying to avoid the steam engines and find Diesel 10’s barge.
* Percy meets Sir Handel and the two become friends. However, Percy forgets his large size (he usually thinks of himself as small) and accidentally causes a large accident.
* James doesn’t want to work because it will make his paint dirty. Dennis does not want to work because it’s hard. They are not the same.
* Thomas comes to help on Edward’s branch after he gets into an accident. However, BoCo discovers that, without Edward’s advice, he can’t manage Bill and Ben. To make matters worse, Thomas thinks Bill and Ben are funny and plays along with them.
* The fearsome Diesel 10 is sent to help out on the Little Western. This brings out fear in Oliver, and Douglas sets out to scare Diesel 10.
* Flashback episode focusing on their days on the Mid-Sodor. Bertram becomes jealous of Duke being named after a duke. But, when he saves Duke from an accident, he gets his own name “the Warrior”.
* Gordon believes Alfie to be practically useless, like fellow small machine Percy. However, after Alfie clears a fallen rock off the track, he realizes how useful he is.
* Hearing about Thomas’ race with Bertie and how it’s publicity helped the railway, Daisy decides to do the same. Unfortunately for her, Bertie is old and just wants to relax.
* Basically, the little trucks have “little man syndrome” and the cause so much more trouble, to a violent extent. The larger trucks show their nice side.
* Edward’s old, and wise. He is (almost) always right. When Fergus comes to help out at Wellsworth, he tells Edward off and critiques his every move. This gives Edward a crisis: if he’s wrong, then he is teaching everyone else wrong!
* Edward is sent to Arthur’s branch. Arthur, as the only engine working on the line, overworking himself. Edward attempts to help him, but Arthur is so used to doing things by himself and trouble happens.
* When Bert derails at the mines, both he and the mines are unusable. Mike is forced to pull passengers, but is very rough. When trouble inevitably happens, Rex must run the line by himself.
* George and Bulgy, along with the Horrid Lorries, form the “Free the Roads” movement, and split up to cause trouble across the railway.
* When Fergus visits Toby’s line, his love for rules results in a re-emerging of the tram rule. With the traction engine refusing to work, and preventing Percy, Thomas, Bill, and Ben from going to the quarry, Toby is in for a lot of trouble.
* Emily wishes she had a branch line, like Thomas or Toby. When Sir Topham Hatt decides to grant her wish by putting her in charge of Thomas’ line, things don’t go as planned. In addition to her not being ready, Thomas is a *little* bit upset about having his branch taken away, albeit temporarily.
* Duncan’s bad attitude cannot be cured, so Duke tells him the story of Smudger. Instead of fixing his attitude, Duncan just becomes more annoying, because he knows Mr. Percival could never do anything worse. So Duke plays a prank on him, getting Rheneas to be painted green and pretending to be Smudger, thinking this will stop him.
* After Sir Handel sees Thomas being rude to Gordon, he goes after Thomas. He antagonizes him every chance he gets, making his coaches late. This progresses until Thomas has to get Gordon to talk some sense into him.
* James bothers Fergus by not listening to what he is saying and being rude.
* Intimidation: After Henry is sent into an accident by some trucks, the other engines must help. Oliver runs into the trucks and teaches them a lesson. He tries to teach Henry how to intimidate them, but he accidentally sends them careening away! The trucks crash through a buffer into the sea. Henry feels bad for causing an accident, but Oliver makes him feel better: the trucks are intimidated by him now!
* The Lorries and the Lord: The three lorries are upset that they can’t go up the island and have to rely on the Mountain Engines to deliver their supplies. Lord Harry, who is always stuck with the truck for his unruly behavior and is the brunt of the lorries complaints, sends the three lorries on a wild goose chase on the dangerous mountain roads. One by one, each lorry has an encounter with disaster.
* Strong… but not THAT strong: James and Hank work together at the Vicarstown yard. James, who is ready to be done with it all, is forced to be Hank’s back engine. At the last train of the day, James bows out to go to Tidmouth early. Unfortunately, this is the heaviest train of the day and Hank gets into an accident. As a punishment, James is forced to take the train, which is too heavy for one load, and it takes him the whole day.
* Express Engine: Rebecca is getting fed up with Gordon’s boasting, and goes to Edward who has known him the longest. Edward tells her to boast right back. This sows conflict between the two express engine, and Gordon feels very upset with Edward. Edward just tells him that it’s a taste of his own medicine!
* Percy, Paxton, and the Ghost Train: Paxton hears of a ghost engine on Sodor that spooked Thomas years ago, and while helping at Ffarquahur around Halloween, he hunts for it. The other engines find this very funny, but Percy, who doesn’t want to spoil his fun, agrees to dress up as the ghost again.
* Percy and Bertie: Autumn is here, and the snows leave the roads slippery. Percy is contracted to take passengers, with Paxton doing his goods work. Percy doesn’t like the passengers, and Bertie is very upset at the situation as well. Percy tells Bertie that the roads are safe again; they are not, however, and Bertie ends up getting stuck. He is lowered onto a flatbed and is taken by Percy around the island. As punishment for the incident, Percy is forced to keep this up until the roads are safe.
* The Lucky Engine: Thirteen comes to Sodor to find Arthur, the engine with the spotless record. Arthur, having recently broken said record, tries to cheer Thirteen up by telling to smile in the face of adversity.
* Polar Bear: It’s a freezing winter on Sodor, and the diesels are all very cold. Bear takes a passenger train during a blizzard, but a snowdrift blocks him in the snow. BoCo, who is settled into a nice shed, is sent out to rescue him. He braves the snow and manages to rescue Bear. Unfortunately, he breaks down. Bear and BoCo, both shivering, manage to pull into the station just in time. Culdee and Rusty: It is very difficult to repair the Mountain Railway. After he suffers a minor accident, Culdee is sent to the works. There, he meets Rusty, the dedicated maintenance engine for the Skarloey. Culdee thinks his railway should have something like that. When he returns, Culdee manages to rescue Alaric after he is stuck on a broken rail. The Large Controller gives Lord Harry, for his incident with the lorries, the new position of maintenance engine.
* Nia Learns Her Way: Nia has just arrived at Tidmouth, and many of the engines do not like her. She goes to Edward for advice on how to win them over.
* Thomas’ Truck Trouble: Paxton is finally sent back to the BMQ, and Percy needs extra help with goods again. Thomas comes to help, with a newly reinstated Bertie doing the extra passenger work. The trucks, who are not used to Thomas, send him on a runaway! He is sent running right off the Knapford quay. Percy pulls behind him just in time, stopping Thomas and the trucks but getting pushed into the water himself. The Fat Controller praises Percy for his bravery.
* Crane Calamity: Henry, newly confident because of his truck intimation, is sent to pull a very long goods train. Knowing the trucks won’t try anything makes him overconfident. Meanwhile, Kelly the crane’s crane arm is not secured properly and is swinging wildly. Henry, however does not pay attention and the resulting chaos will soon come back to bite him.
* BoCo’s Coach: Daisy looks down on BoCo for being a “mere” goods diesel, telling him he should get a coach. However, the tables soon turn when Daisy breaks down with here passengers. BoCo comes to the rescue, and remakes that now he’s got a coach!
* Petered Out Peter Sam: When the situation aligns so that only Peter Sam and Rheneas are running the railway, Rheneas gets into an accident. A tired, overworked Peter Sam goes through the mountains to rescue his little friend.
* The Fast and the Frantic: Old Slow Coach and Hannah are to be put on the same train, to be pulled by Emily while her coaches are being repaired. Hannah’s antics cause her coupling to snap loose, and she and Old Slow Coach are given the ride of their lives!
* Nia Learns Her Way: Nia has just arrived at Tidmouth, and many of the engines do not like her. She goes to Edward for advice on how to win them over.
* Thomas’ Truck Trouble: Paxton is finally sent back to the BMQ, and Percy needs extra help with goods again. Thomas comes to help, with a newly reinstated Bertie doing the extra passenger work. The trucks, who are not used to Thomas, send him on a runaway! He is sent running right off the Knapford quay. Percy pulls behind him just in time, stopping Thomas and the trucks but getting pushed into the water himself. The Fat Controller praises Percy for his bravery.
* Edward and Mavis: After Bill and Ben get into an accident, Mavis is transferred to the clay works. Having had more experience in the quarry than Edward, she doesn’t listen to his advices. Mavis gets her trucks delayed at the Docks, causing an issue with a construction site. She is to be sent back to the Ffarquhar quarry, but when Edward gets trapped in the drain she rescued him. Mavis is allowed to stay, moving between the two quarries where she is needed.
* Gordon and Bulgy: Gordon hears about how roads are the dominant form of transportation, and begins badmouthing the buses. After Bulgy breaks down, Gordon takes his passengers, affirming his position. However, the tables turn when Gordon is trapped by some jammed points, and Bulgy takes his passengers. He realizes that sometimes buses and roads are useful too.
* Spencer and Murdoch: Spencer dislikes how the engines of Sodor are always so boastful. Then, he meets Murdoch, a calm, quiet engine who is not conceited in the slightest. He decides he likes Murdoch, who is please by the compliment. Slowly, however, he grows to be more boastful.
* George and Buster: George gets Buster to help him in terrorizing the railways, and to finally get his roller rink. Fortunately, Buster sees how troublesome that would be and races to tell Ms. Jenny. Unfortunately, he rolls over the rails, wrecking them and derailing Dennis. Meanwhile, George is found out. Buster jokes that he’s terrible at his job, if he did it better… by accident. Rosie’s Amazing Escape: Rosie heard about Stepney’s escape from scrap and wishes she could be as brave. Then, she is captured at the ironworks by Arry and Bert. Stepney and Oliver team up to save her, and argue whose escape was cooler all the way. When they get there Arry and Bert capture them too, and Rosie has to save the two foolish engines.
* Billy in the Middle: Billy hears about Thomas getting stuck at the end of the express, so he decides to outdo him.
* Scruffey and Bertie: Bertie is sent on Oliver’s train to a car works. While there, he meets Scruffey. Scruffey is planning on *tearing Oliver apart.* Luckily, Bertie manages to talk him down by talking about his displeasure at losing to Thomas, but how he moved on and they became friends. Smudger’s Revenge: Smudger is finally restored; unfortunately he’s not happy that his nameplate now says Smudger and not his “real” name (actually a nickname, but whatever) Stanley. He thinks it’s Stanley the White Engine’s fault.
* Henry the Reliable Engine: James is always saying how Henry is unreliable due to always being sick. One day, Henry goes to works and meets Skarloey tells him how he is not very reliable as well, but it means more if you still work hard. Then, James rolls in the with express, and Henry decides to take it. “Who’s unreliable now, James?” Den and Douglas: Donald and Douglas get into another feud with each other, so the Fat Controller sends Donald to Dart and Den to the little Western. Douglas complains about how Donald is always talking over him and pretending he knows what he’s going to say. Den realizes Dart does the same thing with him. Diesel and Duke’s Grace: Diesel is sent to work with Duke at he Wharf. He is up to his usual tricks, and when Duke tries to lecture him he says that “I know the Duke, and he’s a crazy old man, kinda like you”! This gets Duke very upset, and he conspired with the trucks to play a trick on Diesel.
* Percy’s Replacement: STH wants Percy to have another engine to help with the mail. Rebecca is way too loud and wakes everyone up. Nia makes up a song to remember the stations, but accidentally forgets the three Lower stations. At last, Tom Tipper comes up and offers to take on more work to help Percy.
* Gordon and Percy: STH wants Percy to start pulling more coaches, so he has him double head the express with Gordon. Gordon is upset and doesn’t try on the hill; Percy pulls the express, just for a minute. Diesel 10 and Diesel: Diesel 10 and Diesel argue over who should “lead” the diesels. Diesel 10 demonstrates why he rules with an iron fist, or rather an iron claw. Hugo and Samson: Samson is all about saving time, so he has Hugo use his propeller to move trucks around. Unfortunately, this soon causes trouble as the Trucks catch on. Rosie and Rebecca: Since Rebecca is so clumsy, Rosie thinks she would be a better express engine. Then, Rebecca becomes a runaway! Rosie rolls in front of her, and they nearly fall of the Vicarstown bridge!
* Splodge’s Search for Diesel 10: After the events of TATMR, Splatter and Dodge search for Diesel 10 and his barge, chasing across Sodor. Theo, Fergus, and the frightening Ironworks: Theo visits his cousin Fergus at the Cementworks, but he misses the Steelworks, and against Fergus’ wishes, goes to the scrapyards. He gets caught by Arry and Bert and Fergus has to rescue him. Billy Gets Scrapped: Billy is not well liked, so Arry and Bert say he should just be scrapped. When Billy disappears while working in the hills, everyone thinks Arry and Bert made good on their promise. Brenda and Byron: Byron and the new bulldozer Brenda have a doze off, but end up working so hard that they just fall asleep, making it a different kind of doze off.
* Connor and Hank: After he nearly ran over a cat, Connie becomes worried about going fast, something Hank thinks is ridiculous. Then, Hank gets sent on a runaway. Gordon the Gallant: Gordon wishes he was “gallant” like Rheneas. Then, when he breaks down he still manages to get his passengers to the station, though more out of stubbornness, Edward’s Advice: Nia is disliked by the engines of Tidmouth Sheds, so Eddie gives her some advice on how to win them over. Rebbecca, Henry, and the Flying Kipper: Rebecca is worried about having to pull the flying kipper due to its reputation for accidents. Henry offers to take it for her. He crashes.
* Rebecca’s Rock and Roll: Rebecca is repaired, unfortunately her wheels are spaced to close. STH has her got to the Works by herself since he can’t spare another engine. She manages to go the whole way without derailing… until she is about 50 feet away. Duncan comes out to rescue her, and jokes about rocking and rolling. Smelly Fish and Rickety Bridges: Henry is made fun of for pulling the Flying Kipper. Then he meets Arthur whose main job is taking fish. They bond and Henry offers to help. Unfortunately, the tracks aren’t strong enough and he falls down off a rickety bridge into the sea. Rebecca and Molly: Rebecca goes to stay with Molly at her shed at Abbey. Rebecca’s talkativeness makes Molly upset, she works up the courage to tell Rebecca to leave. They have a falling out. Then, Rebecca gets stranded in the Misty Valley and has to shout get attention. Molly sees that Rebecca’s loud personality has its upsides. Nia and BoCo: BoCo has a bad engine, and isn’t very reliable at all. This makes Nia feel mad, as all her friends, who were really useful, were scrapped. She is rude to BoCo until he tells her how his brothers and sisters were scrapped as well. Molly, Neville, and Hank: Molly and Neville are both very quiet engines with few friends. Hank is the opposite. So he tries to introduce them to each other which works out as well you can expect. That is until they are trapped at the Cementworks for a night together, after which they become good friends.
* Derek, Harold, Diesel, Old Slow Coach, Peter Sam, Toby, Stepney and Arthur: Derek is having engine trouble, which Diesel teases him about. Toby and Peter Sam calm Derek down, then conspire to trick him. Stepney has Diesel take his trucks Norramby, where Arthur and Old Slow Coach then have fish dumped on him. Harold warns the two of an incoming storm, but when they try to warn Diesel he doesn’t listen. Toby, Peter Sam, and Stepney go out looking for Diesel, but Stepney goes missing in the storm as well. Peter Sam manages to find Diesel, but he is stuck in a ditch. Toby manages to rescue Diesel, and the two make it out of the storm and to the works. Derek, now repaired, is upset at the engines for playing such a silly trick, and he goes out to find Stepney. Meeting up with Arthur, OSC, and Harold, they manage to rescue our favorite bluebell engine.
* Skarloey and Duncan: Skarloey is sad to hear his sister Talyllyn is going to be out of commission for several years, Duncan decides to cheer him up by arranging a visit to the Talyllyn Railway!
* Fergus and Billy: Billy absolutely refuses to listen to Fergus, but our favorite traction engine a brilliant idea. He starts telling Billy the opposite of what he wants him to do. It works like a charm!
* Percy and Mavis: Percy wants to visit the Quarry, having not been there since his predicament. Mavis agrees, getting to leave Anhopa. Some of the trucks remember the last time Percy was here, and decide to pay him out. Mavis manages to rescue Percy by stopping at the bridge; it took him less than five minutes to get into trouble. Stepney and Scruff: Stepney tries to give Scruff an appreciation for nature, and shows him the Bluebell valley. He doesn’t like the smell of the flowers.
* James, Derek, Whiff, and Bill: After an avalanche traps Ben, Bill goes to help Whiff at the Waste dump while James and Derek excavate Ben. The two manage to get themselves stuck, so Bill goes off to rescue them. Whiff chases Bill down, who manages to save the others. Only, Whiff slides down a hill and he has to rescue by Derek. The Society of Free Roads: George and Bulgy scheme together to replace the railway, but while they are busy hashing out the details Thomas and Percy trap them in a shed. Thomas and Ryan: Ryan comes to Thomas about help with Daisy. The pair put a cattle car in front of Daisy’s shed, Molly and Gordon: Molly wants to pull the express, but STH says she is not strong enough. Gordon lets her take it but unfortunately she can’t get up Gordon’s hill, so he buffers behind to help her. Molly doesn’t know and goes to “prove” she can to the Fat Controller.
* Duck and Emily: The two argue about who the “rightful claim” to the seventh birth at Tidmouth. Toby shows up and says he’s been there longer than both of them so it should be him. Duke and Flora: Flora is very bratty. So Duke tells her the story of Smudger. Which she thinks is absurd. Unfortunately, one stormy night when the power goes out the villagers configure her into a generator. Scruffey and the Spiteful Brakevan: After Spiteful thinks to cause a terrible accident (go wild!) Scruffey, who has matured a lot, talks him and the other trucks down. Oliver and Hector: After they are sent on a runaway the two bond.
* Edward and Phillip: Edward is unhappy about Phillip. He thinks he’s very annoying, so schemes with Cranky to get him sent away on a boat. Duke and Luke: Duke is trapped in an abandoned tunnel with Luke, and gets frightened, remembering being trapped in a tunnel for many years. Splodge’s Folly: After Diesel 10 is missing, Splatter and Dodge offer to help become Arry and Bert’s henchmen. They make a blunder of it all Rosie and Percy: Rosie comes to work on Thomas’ branch line, and is very excited to see her idol. Percy is annoyed about this, and tells Rosie about all the rude things Thomas had done. Douglas and Ben: Donald and Douglas get into a feud, so STH sends Douglas to the clay works while Donald is repaired. Bill works elsewhere. The two plan to scare their twin when they return. Little do they know Bill and Donald are planning the same…
* Thomas and Oliver: Thomas dislikes Oliver’s line a lot. So Oliver in turn spreads rude lies about Thomas’ line. Caroline the Bus: After Caroline breaks down Bertie takes her driver to the station, but complains about it. The next day it is Bertie who takes down and Caroline who rescues them! Henry and Neville: Henry offers a trade between he and Neville’s jobs. Neville, too shy to say no, ends up getting everything mixed up. Duke and Bertram: Bertram wishes he had cool name like Duke. When he rescues workmen from a mine collapse, he gets nicknamed “the Old Warrior!”. Eliazbeth and Jack: Elizabeth thinks the pack’s work is clunky and dangerous; but when she breaks down Jack has to unload her cargo and carry it with his bucket. Thumper and Butch: Butch calls Thumper clumsy for his frequent mishaps at the quarry. But when Butch lets loose a huge clay boulder Thumper has to chase it down. The Strongest Engine on Sodor: Henry, Murdoch, and Hank argue over who is strongest. But after they all break down in a competition, it’s Neville who shoulders the burden. They all agree to call him strongest. Gordon and Fergus: Fergus complains that Gordon is too fast, so he and the signalman play a trick by having Gordon push Fergus along the main line!
* Paxton swears he’s seen a ghost, something James thinks is ridiculous. So Percy plays a trick on him with a flickering lamp, making James think Proteus is chasing him.
* BoCo’s Coach: Daisy makes fun of BoCo for being a goods diesel, and says he needs a nice coach. The tables turn after BoCo pulls Daisy away after she breaks down, getting his coach at last. Brakevan Trouble: Bradford refuses to work until the Spiteful Brakevan is punished, it falls to Toad to he the peacekeeper.

HenryandDouglasFan Ideas by **Taronerd**:

* It's James' turn to work at Whiff's Waste Dump, which Henry teases him about, but Emily explains that Whiff makes the work go faster with his cheery attitude. But James still isn't so pleased, especially when he comes home stinky. James and Whiff have to take a train of scrap trucks to the dump. James is so cross that he doesn't look both ways while crossing the intersection, and Henry plows through the middle of the train, covering him and the yards in rubbish. James now works with Whiff, learning his lesson
* Thomas and Toby love their respective coaches Annie Clarabel and Henrietta, but the coaches feel they're getting old. One day, the engines notice the coaches are not in their shed. Thomas searches around the stations, while Toby looks around the yards. They look around for so long, that they miss their trains. At the end of the day, they find out Percy had taken them to the fitter's, and was trying to find them to tell them
* Billy is young and inquisitive, but can be annoyed whenever he feels he's being ordered about. Thomas understands this, and allows Billy to work at his own pace, as long as he gets the job done. One day, Rosie is working with them, and tells Billy what to do, not listening to Thomas. Billy gets cross and sulks all day, leaving the yard in a terrible state. Rosie finally listens to what Billy wants, and the trio get the yard back to normal
* It's the anniversary of the day Douglas saved Oliver and Toad from scrap, and they tell Ryan the whole story. Ryan is bewildered by the story, but feels it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and something like that won't happen again. One day, Daisy breaks down and the other engines are too busy to take her passengers. Meanwhile, Ryan is working in the scrapyard, when he meets two coaches, who call themselves Isabel and Dulcie. They ask Ryan for help, and Ryan promises he will return. He tells Douglas and the others what he found. Oliver and Toad are surprised, and reveals he knew a coach called Isabel from his old railway. Ryan, Donald and Douglas venture to the scrapyards to find the coaches, and bring them home. Oliver is amazed to see his old coach, Isabel, again, and Dulcie introduces herself. As the two coaches are repaired and repainted to start work again for the first time in ages, Duck jokes to Ryan later to always be hopeful, you never know what you might find in the scrapyards
* King Charles III is bringing his family to Sodor, and all the engines must prepare for the royal celebrations. Gordon is more than excited, believing he'll be chosen for the royal train again, but Edward and James are skeptical, saying someone else should have a chance. Donald and Douglas are told they'll be leading the train. Henry stays quiet, remembering when the Queen came to visit, and he ended up with a paint pot for a dome. Oliver and Toby are worried they won't get to talk to the King, but Thomas lifts their spirits saying the King will make time for all of them. Gordon is too excited, thinking he's still the obvious choice for the royal train, that he doesn't notice a truck of cream churns until it's too late, and he causes a huge mess. The Fat Controller instead asks Henry to pull the train. Everyone waits at the station, even a clean, embarrassed Gordon, for Donald and Douglas leading, with Henry behind pulling the Royal coaches. The celebrations go off without a hitch, the King says hello to all the engines, and all of them feel proud to be an engine on Sodor
* Two new Austerity saddle tank engines arrive. Wilbert and Sixteen. Wilbert is kind and eager to work, in contrast to Sixteen who just wants to stay in the shed after a long day travelling. Percy works with Wilbert all day, bringing the milk while Percy takes the mail train. Sixteen however decides this railway is no good for him, so he leaves. He ends up on the mainland, past the Steelworks, where he meets an engine, Hurricane, who thinks Sixteen is the new engine sent to start work there. Hurricane starts singing a pretentious song about how great it is to work there, convincing Sixteen. However, a day later, Sixteen gets bored again and tries to leave, but Hurricane doesn't let him and makes Sixteen do as much work as possible. Later, Sixteen tricks Hurricane into moving some trucks away, then Sixteen shunts some in front of him so he can get away. Sixteen rushes back to Sodor, where he runs into Percy and Wilbert, who have been looking for him all over. Sixteen apologises for running away, and now doesn't take the work he does for granted anymore Derek is always happy to work, but is stricken with "teething troubles". No matter what the fitters can do, his engine always overheats and conks out whenever he works too hard, which can cause confusion and delay. An open-top saddle tank engine, Thirteen, on loan from the Mainland, comes to Sodor to help Arthur at the fishing village. But Thirteen is impatient and wants things done fast, which can cause misfortune, which comes to fruition when he can't push some heavy trucks of fish. Then when he does get going, he doesn't see the points haven't been changed, and he crashes the train into Derek, resting in a siding. Later, the two are saddened by their unluckiness, and explain to Arthur that they're no good and deserve to be scrapped. But Arthur points out that they are still willing to be really useful, despite whatever's thrown at them. He tells them both to slow down and not get so excitable. Thirteen tries to do things carefully and think them out first, which works out. Derek tries to do little things, so his engine doesn't overheat, so he shunts trucks ready for the other engines. Derek and Thirteen feel much better, before Thirteen heads back to the Mainland, declaring he is not unlucky after all. Right as an old crane drops a crate of fish on him
* All the engines have one particular job they are good at. Gordon takes the Express, Henry takes the Flying Kipper, Thomas, Edward and Toby have their branch lines, and Percy takes the mail. One day Gordon is boasting about how proud he is to pull the Express, the only engine strong enough to do so. But an annoyed Percy and James protest, saying that Gordon couldn't even pull the mail train. Gordon decides to prove this, by letting James take the Express, while Gordon takes Percy's mail train. Percy tells the others about this, and bets them all to swap jobs for the day. Emily takes the Flying Kipper, while Henry takes her coaches, and Toby and Edward swap branch lines. Soon there's trouble. James finds it hard to pull the heavy Express, "It's not as easy as it used to be", while Gordon has a tough time remembering where to stop. At a station, he lets off steam, and a bag of letters is dampened by the steam. Emily has a tough time controlling the trucks in the Flying Kipper, and Toby can't keep up with the workload at Wellsworth. At the end of the day, Thomas arrives with the Fat Controller, confused at why everyone is worn out, from not doing their respective jobs, it's causing confusion and delay. Percy owns up and explains everything. The Fat Controller demands everyone go back to what they're more useful at. Percy apologizes. The other engines are too tired to reply, but Edward and Henry say they quite enjoyed it, and a change every once in a while isn't so bad
* Toad the brakevan has been fitted with new brakes, which should help him stop quicker and keep the troublesome trucks in order. The trucks are cross with this and are determined to pay Toad out. One day, Toad is waiting in the yard, while Duck shunts his goods train. Duck leaves for a minute to fill up on water, when Bill and Ben arrive. They see Toad's goods train on the siding, and plan to have some fun. They couple up to the trucks, and set off, Toad thinking it's Duck. Bill and Ben climb up Gordon's Hill, which is hard work, but unknowingly, they've given the trucks the chance they wanted. They break the coupling from Ben, sending the train speeding down the hill. Toad tries putting his brakes on, but they don't work, and the train is going too fast. Toad speeds through the station, rushing past Percy. Bill and Ben chase after them. Toad's train rushes down the line, until they see Arthur at the closed level crossing. Luckily, a quick signalman opens the gates just in time. Spencer is coming up on the same line, but he is quickly shunted onto a siding, to his annoyance. Ryan spots Toad in the yard, and whistles loudly to grab the workmen's attention. The signalmen call every nearby station to tell there's a runaway train. Toad tries desperately to use his brakes, and they do start working, but only to slow him down. He sees Stepney in the distance, and Toad, with all his might, manages to slow to a crawl, just before the points switch the train to a small siding. Toad is thankful to have stopped, and is sorry if he caused any disorder. The workmen reply they'll need to double-check his brakes next time. The Fat Controller reprimands Bill and Ben for stealing Duck's goods train, and keeps them both in the shed for a week where they can't make any more trouble
* Rebecca is to help Molly pull passenger trains. Rebecca tells Molly about all the different engines she's met. This makes Molly sad, feeling she's not as special. Molly later sees Rebecca take twice as many coaches as her, without fail. This makes Molly jealous, and she tries to prove how special and powerful she can be, by taking twice as many coaches herself. But it's hard work moving them, and by the time they get to a station, she needs to fill up on water. Rebecca finds her and asks if she wants help. Molly apologises and says she wanted to feel as special as Rebecca. Rebecca tells Molly she doesn't need to prove how special she is, it matters how important she already is. This makes Molly feel better, and the two are now firm friends. Molly no longer feels she must prove herself, because Rebecca will always be there behind her
* Duke is one of the oldest engines on the island, especially the Skarloey railway where he now lives. He only does odd jobs due to not being as fast as the younger engines. But one day, Duncan boasts that Duke is too old to do anything, and he should be retired from service, but Sir Handel and Peter Sam argue that Duke is still really useful. Duke feigns being sad, but secretly he makes a plan to pay Duncan back. He tells Rusty and the two begin. Duncan needs repairs, but the workmen say that Rusty hasn't arrived with the tools yet, making Duncan almost late for his train. Duncan grumbles all the way, as his train becomes heavier and his wheels become stiffer, until at last the train stops on the moors, unable to move. Duke arrives later pulling some empty trucks. He doesn't gloat or make fun of Duncan, he simply buffers up behind and pushes the train to the next station. Skarloey and Rheneas, having watched Duke be Duncan's back engine, whilst pulling a train himself, throw Duncan's earlier bullying back at him, and cheer Duke on for being the strongest engine of all
* The Fat Controller is going abroad for a holiday, and is convinced by his wife that the engines can look after themselves for the week. When the engines hear, they all have very different ideas on what to do for the week. James thinks he'll have a week of nothing but sleeping in the shed, but Edward tricks him, by saying no one will see his smart, red paint in the sheds. Thomas, Percy and Toby work on their branch lines like nothing's changed, but Rosie becomes bossy and orders them about, making the three engines cross and go on strike, so Rosie is forced to do all the work and learn her lesson herself. Bill and Ben think it will be fun to play, if Mavis cannot keep them in order, that is. Eventually the twins don't want to play anymore, and call Mavis a boring old busybody. Mavis tries to show she's not boring, by shunting the trucks, accidentally, into some buffers and off the rails. Bill and Ben help her clean up, and she apologizes, now knowing it's okay to have fun at work
* Dennis is a very lazy diesel, who would rather trick other engines into doing his work for him, while he either plays in the yard or sleep in the shed. One day, Molly is to take some supplies to renovate the Sodor Bridge. But she sets off so quickly, she forgets the iron beams. She arrives at the bridge, and is embarrassed to see the beams aren't there. Dennis is resting, when the foreman tells him to take the beams to the bridge. Dennis doesn't want to go, but he hasn't any choice. The beams are heavy, and Dennis at first acts like he can't move them. When the foreman says he'll find someone who can move Dennis away, Dennis is insulted and moves the beams himself. He meets other engines along the way, but they refuse to help him. Dennis is cross, and decides to hide the beams in a siding, and go on with his day. He arrives to cross the bridge, but sees it is unsafe to cross. Without the beams to fix the bridge, no engine can cross, and no work will be done. Dennis rushes back to collect the iron beams, and takes them to the bridge. The men work hard, until at last the bridge is mended. Dennis says sorry to Molly, and the two work together all day. But only that day, because Molly knows what Dennis is like, and she knows as soon as they stop, he'll go right back to being lazy again
* Thomas keeps getting visions of a pink engine asking for his help, which gets him sent to work on the Other Railway. Whilst there, he sees the same engine, Lady, trying to escape the diesels. But there seems to more to Lady than meets the eye...
* Diesel 10 says he doesn't need help from "friends", but Boco assures him that everyone needs help sometimes. After a fierce storm rages over Sodor, Boco and Diesel 10 are sent to help clear the lines, and open up to each other
* It's winter on Sodor, and whilst his brother is busy, Douglas must work with Henry ploughing snow. Douglas is annoyed at Henry's stubborness to push snow and works on his own. But when Douglas gets derailed on a snow-covered hill, Henry ventures to the rescue
* Duck is sent to work at Vicarstown, which he finds too noisy and crowded, and not very Great Western, and Rosie's efforts to put up with his attitude are all in vain, until one day a railway inspector misses his train and rides in Duck
* While working at the wharf, Rusty sees Diesel 10 scaring the NG engines and scolds him on using his size and mean streak to intimidate everyone, and decides to help Diesel 10 prove himself as a much nicer, helpful diesel
* Donald and Thomas are to collect old furniture from Callan Castle, and take it to the dump. But Thomas isn't as strong, and gets called out for it by Donald. But the two must work together when their arguing gets them lost
* Freddie believes he's the strongest engine around, until he meets Boco. Feeling jealous, Freddie decides to test Boco's strength by forming a long, heavy goods train. Boco pulls it eventually with ease, impressing Freddie
* Rex learns the history of Sodor when he heads up Culdee Fell, and finds an old railway with only one engine left in the shed - Culdee. Feeling sorry for the blue engine, Rex takes him to Arlesdale to begin work again
* Caroline is an old car, who can't get up to speed without her engine breaking down. Luckily, Stafford shows up and manages to jump-start her engine. When she becomes the only way for the Mayor to get to a town hall meeting, despite everything wrong with her engine, Caroline makes it on time and thanks Stafford later, feeling very pleased with herself
* Percy is sent to work at the China Clay works to help Bill. But it appears even one twin is just as troublesome as two, as Bill proves to be more than a handful with his mischievous ways. However soon, Percy lands in trouble at a rock-blasting site, and Bill comes to his rescue. The Fat Controller punishes Bill later
* Dennis is sent to work in the fishing village with Arthur. Arthur is keen to work, so Dennis uses this to get Arthur to do Dennis' work as well as his own. It isn't long until Arthur is put out of action, and Dennis is put to work
* Billy returns to Sodor, and Charlie thinks he's found a new playmate. But Billy wants to work, and is annoyed by Charlie's eagerness to have fun instead. Eventually, Billy loses it but causes a runaway, and the two must work together to stop the trucks
* During Flying Scotsman's annual visit, he jokes about Neville's appearance. Annoyed at being bullied again, Neville is determined to pay him back, and foolishly listens to the trucks. Neville tricks Flying Scotsman into pulling the wrong coaches, and pulls Scotsman's Express himself. But this instead lands them both in trouble
* An abandoned house on the hill is being reopened as a museum. Percy feels the place is haunted, but Oliver tells him ghosts don't exist. That is, until that evening when they take supplies to the house, Oliver has his own spooky encounter
* A barn roof has collapsed, and Rocky is needed to help repair it. Rosie has to push Rocky to the farm, but declares she doesn't need any help with directions - until they get lost
* Henry teases the big engines for always needing a back engine, calling them lazy. But when Edward's piston rods snap off on the hill, Henry has to push Edward's train from behind, causing him much embarassment
* Henry is surprised when he meets Rebecca for the first time. That surprise turns to jealousy when he learns she is to pull the Flying Kipper one night. But Henry learns that he has a more important job to do, and decides to give Rebecca the benefit of the doubt
* Donald keeps teasing Percy about the "naughty gnomes", so Percy is determined to get Donald back. He tricks Donald into taking the nightly mail train down to the Other Railway hoping the night time will scare him too. But Donald feels a new type of fear when he gets lost in the scrapyards
* Edward meets Nia working in the yard, and notices the trucks take advantage of her. Edward promises to teach Nia about working with trucks, and soon she is to take a slow goods across the island. She is nervous at first, but braves it and keeps the trucks in order all the way to her destination
* James is to take the Sodor football team to a big game, and won't stop boasting about it. Oliver is sad he can't have an important job like that, until on the day, James has an accident, and Oliver takes the team in his brakevan Toad
* Donald is working at the harbour, where he meets Bill. Bill is eager for mischief and fun, while Donald tries to work efficiently. The two clash, which causes confusion and delay
* A new Welsh engine, named Barry, arrives, and he makes a good first impression on all the engines - except Ben, who thinks he's too full of himself. When Ben almost has a dangerous accident until Barry saves him, he learns that Barry was nearly scrapped until he too was saved, and doesn't want any engine to suffer that fate themselves
* Gordon hears about Bertram, the "Old Warrior" and is curious to know more. He meets up with Bertram one day, and asks him where he got his name from. The story Bertram answered with, changed Gordon's perspective on little engines forever
* Diesel has matured over the years, but Thomas is more skeptical thinking Diesel's playing the long game. But when Thomas needs a fitting, Diesel takes his coaches, which the passengers thank Diesel for, and even Thomas starts to eat his words
* Toby is to help Duck on the GWR, but Toby finds he cannot keep up with the fast workload, that Duck is used to. Toby wants to go home, but the passengers say they enjoyed Toby's journeys, which cheers him up. Duck tells him that it matters more how useful you can be rather than how fast
* Rosie has an accident, and is later picked on by the trucks. Percy tries to teach her how to handle trucks, but they just grow more and more relentless. Eventually Percy's teachings are put to the test, when Rosie has to pull a goods train. Rosie manages to keep the trucks in line, and the two find their work a lot easier
	+ expanded scene from Four Little Engines\* When Edward is heading to the works, he spots Skarloey in the shed. Skarloey feels he's too old to be useful anymore, so Edward motivates him by telling him about the time his crankpin broke whilst pulling a train, but despite everything he pulled through and got home
* Whilst working, Diesel 10 meets Harold, who says his claw, Pinchy, is not very practical on a railway. So Diesel 10 tries to prove him wrong by finding work whenever he can, working Pinchy overtime and breaking it. Harold arrives with spare parts to fix Pinchy, and the Fat Controller congratulates Diesel 10 for being a hard worker
* Bertram has become quite the celebrity on the Skarloey railway, which annoys Duncan to no end. Duncan tries to prove he's as brave, but gets stuck in a sinking chasm, and Bertram rushes over to rescue him. Duncan doesn't say anything about Bertram now
* Duke returns and meets Bertram for the first time. Bertram is bold and boisterous, calling Duke an old-timer and not as strong as he is. Duke later proves his worth by pushing a broken-down train (and Bertram) all the way home
* It's summer, and Toby is taking holidaymakers around the island. Arthur wishes he could do that, so one day he takes Toby's passengers. But he keeps rushing, to avoid Toby, that he leaves some behind at each stop. Eventually he comes clean, and collects each of the passengers, and learns his own work is just as special
* Henry is working at the lumber mill, and a reluctant Gordon is to help. Gordon decides to pull the Express instead, but collides with Henry's log trucks, a train he would've taken instead. Once Gordon returns from the Works, he is sent to work at the mill for a month
* 87546 (Mickey) and 98462 (Rigby) were two big engines, on a trial run on the railway. They were horrid company and very rude, especially to Edward. One day, Mickey tricks Gordon into pulling his goods train, and then laughs at him for getting stuck on a hill. Later, while picking on Thomas for being a station pilot, Rigby is too rough with the Express coaches and damages one of them. These actions got them both in trouble and they were quickly sent away
* Derek returns, and is eager to start work, despite other's worries that his cooling system will overheat again. He arrives at the docks, where he meets Arthur and volunteers to help with his fish vans. Both Arthur and the trucks know about Derek's "troubles", and when the trucks hold Derek back causing him to break down, Arthur manages to push Derek and the train to the village. Derek decides to do little work from now on
* One evening, Philip gets scared by Percy's story about a ghost engine, who shrieks its whistle as it comes towards you (and he jokes that he knows its real because Thomas saw it too, much to the latter's annoyance). On his way home, Philip tries telling himself there's no such thing as ghosts, until he gets to the viaduct and hears a chilling whistle from below
* Spencer prides himself on being faster than anyone, that is until his brother Mallard visits, and proves to be even worse, saying he's much faster. To resolve this, the two brothers challenge themselves to a race across the island. After racing each other, and almost out of puff, it's a tie. The two make up before Mallard leaves
* Toby and Douglas are helping out at Callan Castle. Toby tells Douglas he would like to visit Scotland one day, making Douglas reminisce about his homeland. Soon, Lord Callan is returning to Scotland, and Toby, understanding that traveling to Scotland would mean more to the Scottish engine, asks if Douglas can take the trip. Callan agrees, and he leaves with Douglas. Douglas has the best day ever, and can't wait to tell Toby everything when he returns
* Years ago, a trip to the recently closed Mid-Sodor railway proved good news for Smudger, who was saved and rebuilt into an engine. In the present, he starts work on the Skarloey railway, to the annoyance of Duke, who tells Smudger that other engines who suffered his fate weren't as lucky, and recounts the story of Stanley, or No. 2, another engine who, like Smudger, showed off and derailed half the time, until their manager turned him into a pumping station. Smudger declares this is just what happened to him, but the names changed. Duke says "it's almost spooky" and leaves Smudger to his thoughts
* Two engines from the Chinese railway visit Sodor. However these two are mean and don't want to work. Their first job is working at the quarry, where they meet Toby and laugh at him for being small and "Gǔdǒng" (antique). The mean engines decide to play a trick, by shunting all the trucks around, until the quarry yard is in a terrible mess. They leave Toby to fix it himself, while they pull coaches. When the engines return, Toby has sorted all the trucks and cleaned up the yard, and the Fat Controller is also there and scolds the two engines
* Edward and Toby are two of the oldest engines that live on Sodor. But sometimes they get bullied by the other engines, particularly the diesels, for being too old and out of date. But one day, a batch of bad fuel puts most of the diesel engines out of action, leaving Edward and Toby to do their work too, which they complete on time
* Whilst Edward is at the works, James is asked to be a back engine, which he is reluctant to do. When Flying Scotsman arrives, he teases that James isn't useful enough for such a role anyway. But eventually Scotsman does stop on Gordon's Hill, and James has to push his train up. James is very pleased with himself, and now helps whenever he can
* Smudger likes to use his rough riding as an excuse not to work. Bertram scolds Smudger for being lazy, before having to take both their trains. Bertram, due to the hard work, runs out of water on a weak bridge. Smudger, coming the other way, has to tread carefully to rescue Bertram. He does, and learns a valuable lesson about being responsible
* Samson is to take a special train to the mainland. Duck warns him the track he'll be going on is bumpy. Samson doesn't listen, nor does he want Duck's help. He goes fast on the bumpy track, and ends up derailing the trucks. He apologises to Duck, and the two work hard rescuing the trucks, and taking them slowly and carefully to their destination
* Diesel is to work in the yards on Edward's branch line, and Edward expects he'll work hard without trouble. But after he makes fun of Trevor, and laughs in Edward's face later, Edward starts to doubt it. When Diesel causes an accident that delays the station passengers, Edward has had enough and asks he be sent away
	+ set after Thomas and the Special Letter\* While Thomas and the other engines are at the Big City, Oliver is left to run Thomas's branch line, which he thinks is easy. But after a while, Oliver misses working on the Little Western. He decides to pull one GWR train, but this causes confusion and delay, as that train was also meant for Thomas's passengers. When Thomas returns, he explains to Oliver that he can't work two jobs at once, and helps to sort the confusion. Oliver returns to the Little Western, thankful in his own line
* Stepney learns a diesel is coming to Sodor. He's nervous at first given that the last diesel he met wasn't that kind, but then he remembers Rusty and how he shouldn't jump to conclusions. He meets the new diesel, who is brass at times but is also charming and polite. He calls himself Bear because his boiler rumbles and growls when he's on the move. After a good day's work, the two become friends almost instantly. Stepney asks later if Bear knew the diesel he met, Bear replies "Yes, and we told the passengers to keep their hats on tight whenever he droned in"
* It's another road v rail war, as Daisy and Bertie argue about who can take the most journeys with passengers, and each try to make as many round trips as possible. Soon enough, Bertie breaks down due to overwork and Daisy almost derails while racing the bus. Toby is the only one to make his journeys safely and the passengers prefer him, making Daisy realise it's about quality, not quantity
* Emily needs repairs and Boco is too busy to take her to the Works. So Billy volunteers, but soon finds Emily's "bossiness" too much to handle. After ignoring Emily's warnings, his coupling breaks and Emily is left behind on the main line. Boco runs into her, and takes her to the works, and Billy apologises
* It's Halloween, and Duck is working on the points near an old junction, but he gets scared by strange sounds from the fog. Douglas teases him about it, until they both hear from Edward that that junction used to be manned by one careless troublesome signalman, who would set signals to go when it wasn't safe, but disappeared soon after. Douglas doesn't believe it until he goes to the junction that night, and the signal turns green to go. Douglas almost collides with Edward, who got lost on the way there. The signal going green is put down to a fault, but Douglas and Duck don't talk about ghosts anymore
* When Peter Sam and Sir Handel hear that their old mentor Duke has been found and is coming to their railway, they cannot hold their excitement. Once Duke arrives at the Skarloey railway, he is woken by Peter Sam and Sir Handel. The three are overjoyed to see each other again, and the two engines can't wait to show Duke around. Duke also notices how mature they've grown since he's know them, and is proud of both of them
* Henry boasts that no one works as hard as he does. Duck decides to teach him a lesson, by pulling the entire Flying Kipper on his own. He manages to get moving nicely, until something breaks inside him and he can't move. Edward comes to the rescue, by bringing repairs for Duck, and helping to push the train from behind. At the harbour, Henry and the others don't see Edward at the back, and think Duck pulled the whole train by himself
* Gordon is to take a special train to Scotland for the St Andrew's Day carnival, which he can't stop boasting about. This makes Douglas jealous, even more so when Henry is chosen to follow on as Gordon's back engine. But Gordon becomes too pompous, that he bumps a train of pipes, which come loose and knock over a shed. Gordon is shut up in his shed, and Douglas is chosen to take the special to Scotland, (with Henry behind). Douglas and Henry both enjoy the festivities
* After getting a new coat of paint, James keeps calling himself the pride of the railway, but Edward tells him that title means more than just being shiny and red. When Donald needs help at the yards, James reluctantly has to help out. He shunts some heavy trucks, but they break away and crash into a siding. James gets the breakdown train, then fetches some empty trucks and delivers the coal on time. His red coat is ruined by coal dust, but he gets more work done than Donald has seen, and the yard manager is impressed, calling James the pride of the yards. That evening, James won't shut up about being the pride of the yards. Edward and Donald are annoyed, but understand it's better to be useful than clean
* Whilst Oliver is away, Bill and Ben are to help at the harbour, where they find Toad. They plan to have some fun with the kind old brakevan, by shunting him around until he's stranded surrounded by trucks. Later, Bill and Ben are asked to pull a train. They try to arrange the trucks but find it difficult to move them. Even when Toad is added to the back of the train, the trucks refuse to move. Eventually, Oliver arrives to take the trucks instead, and they move just fine. Bill and Ben are left to sulk, as Toad passes by, making sure the twins know who not to mess with
* The circus comes to Sodor, but now bigger than ever. So big it will need 3 engines to take each load. Oliver takes the tent and equipment trucks, but find them hard to move. Toby takes the performers, but finds himself waiting ages when they need to practice; and Thomas takes the animals, but gets in trouble when a door comes loose and two elephants race off into a field. They all manage to make it to the meeting point, and they watch the circus go on all night long
* Bill and Ben do enjoy their work, but will leap at the chance to play pranks on others, especially those who think themselves better. One example is when Murdoch arrived at the China clay quarry, to take a long train of clay trucks. He thought Bill and Ben silly and ordered them to stay out of his way, so the twins decided to pay him out instead. They shunted trucks in front of Murdoch, they sent him in the wrong directions, they even popped him under the stone chute. Eventually, Murdoch gives in and apologises for his rudeness, and the twins arrange his trucks for him
* It's been raining hard, and Harvey tries to be more useful, but is sad when Fergus makes fun of his shape. Later, small floods lay all over the track. Boco can't stop before he ends up in one, letting water get into his engine and he breaks down. Fergus is cross because Boco is blocking his line. Harvey arrives, and using his crane arm, pulls Boco onto dryer tracks. Boco is quickly repaired, the flood is cleared, and Fergus learns not to judge by appearance
* It's a busy day on Sodor, but Neville doesn't mind it. One day, Neville is to take some cattle trucks to the farm, when he runs into Dennis, who would rather just stay in the shed all day. Dennis tricks Neville into collecting his trucks of wheat. Eager to work, Neville leaves for the mill. On the way back, Neville meets Billy, and tells him he's doing Dennis's work too. Billy takes advantage of this, and tricks Neville into taking his fuel trucks too. One of the fuel trucks is leaking, and sparks from Neville's fire ignites the fuel, which also burns the wheat. The train is safely put out, and Neville tells the Fat Controller he was doing Billy and Dennis's jobs as a favour. The Fat Controller tells Neville to stick to his own job, while scolding the other two, saying they can both now work twice as hard as punishment
* Bridget Hatt's class is on a field trip, and Freddie is to take them on a tour of the mountains. Rosie takes the class to the transfer yard, where she tells Freddie to slow down and take care. As Freddie puffs slowly through the valley, he wants to go fast and show the kids a good time. So he goes faster and faster, acting like a roller coaster down the mountain. The kids have a wild time, and Freddie tells Rosie that you don't need to slow down to have fun
* After Duke is brought to the Skarloey railway, he soon meets the titular character, and they get on well due to their experiences. Peter Sam makes fun of them, calling them "old engines who creak along", but Duke is excited to see Skarloey prove him wrong. That chance comes sooner rather than later, when Peter Sam runs out of coal and is stranded on the viaduct with his coaches. Skarloey comes to his rescue, and pushes the whole train back to the station. Peter Sam feels quite embarrassed, especially when Duke passes by, and whistles cheerfully for Skarloey
* Bash and Dash enjoy working together, but after an incident with some flour trucks, the two twins blame each other and fall out. Dash decides to work at the yard, while Bash stays with Ferdinand. Eventually, Dash feels lonely without his twin, and Ferdinand tries to get the two engines to get along, but Bash doesn't want to hear it. One day, Ferdinand goes through a tunnel, but a landslide blocks the entrance, trapping him inside. Bash and Dash, upon hearing the news, come to the rescue, and find they work better together
* Ivo Hugh is still new to the railway, and Duke and Peter Sam try to show him the ropes, but Ivo Hugh would rather let the other two do the work for him, while he pulls coaches and shows off to the passengers. One day, Ivo Hugh is taking a train of tourists through the mountains, but he quickly gets lost, having not listened to Peter Sam earlier. It's hours later when Duke runs into them, and helps the train home. Ivo Hugh decides to listen properly to the others now
* One day, Cranky tries lifting a heavy boiler, but his arm breaks and he needs new parts. Meanwhile, Ryan has nothing to do today, so he tries to help Duck, but Duck is impatient and wants to work properly. Duck tries to hide from Ryan, but accidently gets covered in coal. It turns out Duck has been quickly collecting parts to fix Cranky, so Ryan tries to finish his job and gets the parts to Cranky on time
* Henry loves the pride and responsibilty of being the only engine to pull the Flying Kipper. Oliver and the other engines respect him, but Donald jokes it's because no one else in their right mind would take the job. But one day, Henry comes off the rails and his front is damaged, the day before he is to pull the Kipper that night. Donald is chosen as the Kipper engine, to his dismay. He doesn't like the smell of the fish, and takes a while to get going. But eventually, Donald steams through the island pulling the train, thankful no one is around to see him. Until he meets Oliver at a station, who teases him but also reminds him that the Kipper, no matter how smelly, is still a important job
* Gordon boasts that no job is too small for him, so Gator bets him that he can't do both Gator's work, as well as his own. After a gruelling day pulling a goods train AND the Express, Gordon concedes
	+ set in an AU when Porter arrived in s7\* After his accident with the fruit trucks, Arthur is unsure about working with teasing trucks. But Porter arrives and motivates Arthur to put it behind him
* **When Douglas travels to the mainland, a mix up lands him in the scrapyards. Oliver must overcome his fear to rescue him - Being written by Stu-cbruner-2025**
* Henry's inner workings are acting up again, and Spencer teases him for being outdated. So Henry spends all day trying to prove he's not, by doing everyone else's job - including Spencer's eventually
* Thomas and new diesel Bear are forced to work together to rebuild a station. But Thomas gets embarrassed by Bear's engine making noises, and tries to do the work himself. But it proves too much, and Bear declares he likes his noises as it makes him different
* Molly is sent to work in the smelters yard, where she comes across Diesel 10, who does nothing but tease her for being scared. But Molly proves her worth, after working hard shunting scrap trucks all day and night. Diesel 10 is impressed, and the two become good friends
	+ set right after Thomas and the New Engine\* Oliver is skeptical when Neville starts work in the yards, given the rumours he heard, and tricks him into taking a midnight goods train. But when Neville gets lost, a guilty Oliver must go find him
* Back in the early days of Sodor, Barry spots an engine, who refers to himself as the Märklin engine, speaks in a German accent, and tends to disappear. What's worse, the other engines don't believe such an engine exists, and Barry is determined to prove the existence of this mysterious engine
* The two red engines, (calling them William and Clarence after their creators), thought themselves the finest, smartest and most splendid engines on Sodor. But as time went by, the engines grew old and tired, and constantly needed repairs. Eventually, the cheapest option was to sell them. But before they left, they told one mixed-traffic engine with a black coat, the same rules they lived by; to always be splendid
* Sidney and Paxton are to collect goods from around Sodor, and take them all to the Docks. They get teased by the other diesels, saying they'll forget something and ruin it, but the duo are determined to prove everyone wrong. But it's not long until the instructions get mixed up, and soon enough Sidney and Paxton arrive with a truck of chickens and not much else
* Thomas feels bored with shunting coaches all day, and wants to play shunting trucks in the yard. But he's too busy having fun, that he is late to collect Gordon's Express. By the time he gets the coaches ready, the train's already an hour late. Impatient Gordon steams away, but before he can coupled up. Thomas uses all his strength to push the coaches after him. It's not long before they catch up to Gordon, and the two engines are punished for causing confusion and delay
* Stuart and Falcon are the newest arrivals to the Mid-Sodor railway, and meet Duke, who they think is old and grouchy. They even call him Granpuff, when he tells them how to behave when working. One day, Stuart is to take some holidaymakers up into the hills, but when Duke tries telling them the proper route, both engines don't want to listen. Stuart sets off, but he quickly gets lost. Falcon is asked to rescue him, but he doesn't know where to start. Falcon swallows his pride and asks Duke's help, and the two engines set off to rescue Stuart and his train. The two engines now know to ask for help when needed, and Duke replies he quite likes the name Granpuff
* Henry can't get up to steam, and is sent to the Works. Douglas teases him for breaking down all the time. The next day, when Henry heads home, he finds Donald stopped on the hill with his train. Wanting to help, Henry decides to be Donald's back engine. Douglas soon puffs by with his coaches, laughing at Donald for breaking down, when karma strikes and something bursts inside Douglas's boiler, and he breaks down himself. Henry buffers up to Douglas' front, and takes both trains back home. The two engines apologize to Henry soon after
* Billy is sent to work at Vicarstown with Rosie. Soon enough, Billy complains he feels overworked, even when Rosie shows him how to do things. The next day, Billy runs into Diesel, who tricks Billy into causing a strike at the station. Confusion and delay occur, and Diesel bumps some coaches so hard they derail. Billy is sorry and apologises, saying he'll listen to Rosie now
* Dennis is lazy, and prefers to trick others into doing his work instead. One day, he meets Billy, and manages to trick the engine into collecting his trucks of garbage from the dump. When Billy arrives, Whiff is puzzled and tells Billy to be careful. But Billy wants to get the job done quickly (as garbage stinks), but goes around a corner too quickly and derails his trucks, which roll into a hedge and cover a garden in rubbish. Billy is told off for going too quickly, and Dennis is later punished for being lazy
* Salty has a way with trucks, that make them listen and behave with him more than anyone at the Docks, but only he knows it. One day, Salty goes to collect some building supplies from the Wharf, where he meets Rusty. Rusty is having trouble with the trucks, so to help a fellow diesel out, Salty tells Rusty his secret, and to not overwork themselves. Rusty tries to follow Salty's advice, but doesn't look where he's going, and ends up bumping Victor into the flatbed for Salty. Rusty is sad he can't control the trucks like Salty can. Both Victor and Salty say all Rusty needs is practice and patience, and sure enough, Rusty manages to make the trucks behave. But keeps it secret
* Spencer considers himself to be the grandest, and no job is too hard for him. So Whiff challenges him to work at the dump for the day. Spencer at first refuses but the Fat Controller overhears and thinks it's a good idea, as Whiff needs help taking a train of rubbish to the harbour. Spencer tries his best to avoid being dirty, it takes him a whole minute to even get close to a truck. But Whiff (as a way to get him to hurry up) tells Spencer that the rubbish train is a very important job "for a very important engine", and the vain Spencer suddenly doesn't mind pulling a train of rubbish across the island to the harbour on time
* Daisy prides herself on being reliable, responsible and really useful (but only when it's work she wants to do). One day, Mavis is overworked at the quarry, collecting stone from a rock blasting, and Daisy is sent to help. Daisy is mortified by this, and tries to do as little work as possible to stay clean, and away from troublesome trucks. So the bored trucks turn their attention to Mavis, who push her into the blast section, just as a landslide almost crushes her. Feeling sorry for Mavis, Daisy realises that working hard is important, no matter the work. When Thomas arrives to take Mavis away, he is surprised to see Daisy has collected the stone and arranged the trucks in order. Pleased with herself, Daisy is given the chance to collect some passengers, but asks if she could work at the quarry again. Just until Mavis comes back, that is
* After many mishaps, Billy wants to be really useful, and get the work done properly. That is, until Charlie appears. He wants to have a laugh and joke around, but Billy is having none of it. Billy and Charlie work at the yards, but Charlie messes around and rearranges the trucks incorrectly. Thomas is upset, and blames Billy for this. Charlie is sad he got Billy in trouble, and tries to apologize, but Billy tries to avoid him and runs away. Thomas and Charlie find him in a shed, and convince Billy to come back. Charlie promises to act responsibly, and becomes friends with Billy
* It's been snowing on the island of Sodor, and all engines must wear their snowplough. Thomas complains to Donald and Douglas that he hates wearing his, and refuses to wear it, to collect a goods train from the harbour. Going too fast, he derails on icy rails and manages to stop just before a frozen lake, which starts to break beneath him. Donald and Douglas quickly head out to the rescue. They eventually find Thomas, almost submerged in ice cold water and set to work, pulling him out. Thomas doesn't sulk about snowploughs anymore, he knows how important they are
* Whilst taking a rest at the harbour, Gordon finds himself again the butt of Bill and Ben's jokes. They say he's become too old to work, but Gordon boasts he's as fit as any engine. To prove his point, Gordon and adds more coaches to his Express train. After a considerable amount of time and strength, Gordon finally sets off, with his long, heavy train. Gordon starts feeling aches and pains in his boiler, but ignores them, still boasting he's as young and fit as any engine. As expected, something breaks inside him and Gordon stops on the main line. The cross passengers are taken away, and to add insult to injury, Bill and Ben arrive to take Gordon to the Works, teasing him the whole way
* When Luke needs repairs after the events of BMM, he is taken to the Steamworks, where he and Victor properly catch up. Luke tells him how he came to live at the Blue Mountain quarry, and Victor tells Luke how he came to live at the Steamworks. He even teaches Luke some Spanish
* It's nearing the anniversary of the Great Western railway, and Duck is especially excited. Oliver too, but a bit too excited when, as he takes a train of empty trucks up the hill, they break away and race down the line. They are diverted into a siding in time, but Oliver is shut up in his shed. Edward is eager to help Duck, but Duck is a perfectionist and is rushing to get everything perfect. Edward warns him to slow down before he causes more trouble for the festivities. Duck listens and apologizes, and the celebration goes off without a hitch
* Mighty Mac rarely agree on anything. One day in the yards, they get into another argument, that ends up with them derailing onto their side, damaging their wheels. Whiff is to take them to the Works, but is still new to the railway and needs directions from Mighty Mac, who keep arguing about where to go. This goes on all day, until as expected, they end up back where they started. Whiff tells off the two engines and asks them to try working together just once. They agree, and through careful thinking and proper communication, they get to the Works
* A piece of track on the main line is to be ripped up and replaced with new tracks. Thomas takes some building supplies to the site one night, when he hears a whistle from nowhere getting louder, and gets scared. He tells the others, and James teases him all day, though Edward tells Thomas strange things happen on that part of the island. James is to take some workmen to the site, and must stay there until the men are finished. Night comes, and James starts feeling uneasy. Suddenly he hears a whistle in the mist, coming closer and closer, and a transparent engine appears out of nowhere, charging towards James before disappearing. James doesn't open his eyes until the morning. James doesn't tease Thomas anymore, and Edward knows why
* It's the day of the Sodor Show, where the entire island and its engines are shown off to tourists and reporters. One such spectacle is Hiro, in his finery, but he gets nervous about meeting the crowd, until Stanley tells him there's nothing to worry about. Flora is worried she won't be as famous or wanted, until Stanley tells her she'll get attention either way. Hank arrives, but doesn't ask for a fitting and stops on his way to the show, so Stanley helps to push him along. All 4 get a lot of attention and pictures taken, one reporter saying they're some of the best engines he's met
* Timothy prides himself on being a hard-worker. When Boco arrives to collect a huge load of china clay, Timothy works his hardest collecting trucks. But he's too busy that he forgets to fill up on oil. Shunting the trucks into place, Timothy grinds to a halt, and is stuck coupled to the back. Boco doesn't see him at first, and sets off, with Timothy at the back shouting for Boco to stop. Eventually Boco stops, and Timothy promises to be more patient in the future
* A railway inspector is coming, and the engines must look and behave their best. Edward is excited, but Gordon and Henry (once again) think he is outdated, and big strong engines like them will get all the attention. They soon eat their words where a series of events make Gordon and Henry embarrass themselves (they definitely get the inspector's attention but not in the way they wanted). The inspector notices Edward working hard, and tells the Fat Controller more of his engines should be like Edward
* While Duck is away, Oliver is left to work the Little Western, which he finds hard work. It gets worse when Diesel arrives to help. Oliver and Diesel don't get on, as Diesel thinks Oliver just wastes time trying to be as good as Duck, when Diesel "knows" he's better, and plans to prove it. Diesel tries taking the Express, but can't move the heavy coaches by himself. While Oliver pulls them just fine, Diesel shunts in the yard, where the trucks play tricks on him and cause confusion and delay. Diesel is sent away, as Oliver now appreciates the work he does do
* Restored and back to work, Smudger is given a warning to behave himself and not be so rough while working. He's sent to work with Rusty, working on mending the tracks. Smudger feels bored going so slow and careful, even though Rusty assures him this is the best way to work such a job. Later, Smudger has enough, and while collecting some tools, he rocks roughly along the line, but derails and almost slides down a steep hill. Rusty finds him just before, and helps him back to safety. After being shut up in the shed for a while, Smudger doesn't rock and roll anymore
* Duck and Oliver are working at the harbour with Salty. All Salty does is tell maritime stories of old ships braving the high seas. Oliver doesn't mind them, as he likes to listen while working, but Duck is quickly annoyed by them. Duck gets so annoyed, that he accidentally bumps a truck forward just as Cranky lowers some melons, covering Duck in broken melon mush. Duck is told off for being careless, and Oliver and Salty help clean up. Duck then makes an effort, and realises Salty's stories actually make the work go quicker
* After the events of Magic Railroad, Lady tells Thomas she knows of another set of buffers that can send them to another world just like theirs. They both travel there, only to find steam engines are almost all gone, being replaced by diesel engines. The Fat Controller is busier than ever, and has almost given up. Now it's up to Thomas and Lady to find the buffers back home, whilst also giving this new Fat Controller some motivation, and avoiding the new, more powerful Diesel 10
* Hank learns an engine from the US is coming to Sodor, and gets too excited. James boasts this new engine won't be as smart or powerful as Hank is, but the two are proven wrong when Sam arrives, and proves himself just as strong if not stronger than Hank, impressing James but making Hank jealous. Hank tries to prove he's as strong by pulling Sam's train, but swallows his pride when he can't move it. Sam agrees to help Hank, and the two are now good friends
* Toby is eager to help those in need. One day, he meets Arthur, who is nearly late to take some fish to the harbour, so Toby volunteers to take the trucks for him. Along the way, he meets Douglas, who is unwell and can't take his goods train to the harbour. Toby again volunteers to pull it for him. The train is heavy, but Toby plows on. Forgetting he needs water, Toby leaves the trucks in a siding and heads forward to a water tower, before returning to collect the long train and take it to the harbour

ThomasTakeItAlongDuh Ideas:

* Blizzard - The engines are trapped in Tidmouth Sheds as a blizzard hits the Island of Sodor. To entertain themselves, they tell stories about each other, leading to a quarrel between Thomas and Percy.
* **A Thomas & Mario Dude Ideas**:
	+ The Runaway Express - Thomas and Gordon have always argued for the longest time, Gordon would say he's better, and Thomas would tease him, one day, Sir Topham Hatt says that the work load is getting bigger and bigger, more and more passengers and coming and coming, so Gordon has to pull even more coaches, and boasts about it, much to Thomas' uninterest. Gordon is puffing up his hill, but when he goes down, he has trouble putting on his breaks, and suddenly, they snap, he becomes the runaway express. Thomas is pulling some trucks when he sees Gordon zooming down the rails, he dashes off towards him, leaving his trucks in the siding. he races to the front and puts on his breaks as hard as he can, and they stop just infront of the station, right on time (It can be any station, but i was thinking of Gordon's station from A Better View For Gordon). Gordon learns a valuable lesson, and Thomas gets rewarded for his bravery.