How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Modernisation

*How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Modernisation* is the season finale of *Sodor I*, and the seventh chronological episode overall. It was released on June 27, 2020.

## Plot

Scruff returns to Whiff's Waste Dump, only to crash into a line of trucks. He is shocked to find that Arry and Bert now work there, and that he'll now be working at the Smelter's Yard with Whiff. Whiff arrives with the breakdown train and expresses dismay over his new job. After a tasteless joke from Bert, Whiff calls the pair psychopaths due to their jovial attitude over scrapping steam engines. Arry is offended by Whiff's accusations of favouritism, stressing that they scrap diesels too. He expresses indifference over scrapping members of his own class, and tells Whiff that he'll be the one to scrap him when the time comes.

Later, at the sheds, Arry and Bert discuss their future on the railway. Bert points out that they are around 50 years old, and that their class is already being phased out. They bring up the fact that Diesel was meant for scrap, and that the only reason he still lives is because "the Fat Controller felt bad". Arry criticises the Fat Controller for his impulsive decision to send them to the Dump, saying he's not fit for his job. He predicts that they'll get their old job back, but Bert suggests that they'll be replaced with newer, superior engines. Arry responds by comparing themselves to books: a seemingly antiquated art form that people keep returning to even after the invention of movies. They are both satisfied with this comparison, despite not fully understanding what it implies.

Bert then asks what Arry thinks will happen to Diesel 10. Arry believes he'll be preserved due to the rarity of his class and his special claw. Bert points out that the claw is illegal; Arry clarifies that it was legal on the North Western Railway, but does not know its legal status beyond Sodor. He insists Diesel 10 has a plan, and that they both need to be patient.

Elsewhere, Paul Maxwell moves into his new office on Sodor. On the mainland, Diesel 10 is visited by a mysterious figure in a motorbike helmet, and says to him, "You're still with me. That's good."

## Cast and Characters

The episode features:

* TankEngineStudios as Scruff
* Enterprisingengine93 as Whiff

All uncredited speaking roles are voiced by CyberRusty99.

* Arry and Bert
* Diesel 10
* Paul Maxwell
* Paul Maxwell's assistant
* The Fat Controller (*does not speak*)
* Bill and Ben (*do not speak*)
* Perry (*does not speak*)
* Diesel (*flashback, does not speak*)
* Toby (*flashback, cameo*)
* Duck (*flashback, cameo*)
* Murdoch (*cameo*)
* A Culdee Fell Railway engine (*cameo*)
* Hugo (*cameo*)
* Rosie (*cameo*)
* Henry (*cameo*)
* Fergus (*mentioned, photo only*)
* Thomas (*photo only*)
* Jeremy (*photo only*)
* Spencer (*photo only*)
* Bertie (*photo only*)

## Trivia

* This episode was actually developed and released after the *Sodor II* premiere, *Deceit*.
* In one scene, Murdoch can be seen passing by pulling Godred's ERTL model on a flatbed. Given Godred's apparent death long ago in the Railway Series, it can be assumed that he is doubling for a different character here.