Edward Goes to England

**Edward Goes to England** is the twenty-third episode of the first season.

## Plot

One morning, a dark green tender engine arrives on Sodor and races past the narrow gauge engines, and the main line engines. At Tidmouth Sheds, Edward was excited as he tells the other engines he was going away to the Mainland to visit the Queen and have a full service on his old railway being the Furness Railway. Philip was disappointed that his friend will be away all week and that an engine from the Mainland will take his place. As soon as Edward left, the replacement engine arrived which happens to be the City of Truro. The engines remembered him of how he came to the island a long time ago and had so many of their pictures taken. Philip was starting to annoy the City of Truo as he wouldn't stop recalling the time he beat Gordon in a race as he was clearly asleep. As a result, Henry tells everyone to be quiet as they all had to go to sleep with the sun going down. Percy was worried about Edward being away for the week, as Thomas cheers him up.

The next morning, the City of Truro arrives at Knapford to start his jobs for the week as the Fat Controller gives them out just as Duck pulled into the platform. After when the Fat Controller gives him a list of jobs to do, the City of Truro darted off causing a lot of steam to spread out all over the station as the engines coughed. City of Truro's first job was to take passengers to the Culdee Fell Railway from Wellsworth, but as he pulled into the station platform, he rushed off so quickly that the stationmaster forgot to whistle to let the train depart. The passengers inside the coaches were getting bounced around all over the place. When the City of Truro arrived at Kirk Machan, the mountain engines were surprised to see him instead of Edward. His next job was taking empty trucks to the Blue Mountain Quarry, and took off once again. Meanwhile on the Mainland, Edward was making his way to King's Cross when the Flying Scotsman pulled up alongside him. Edward explains why he was travelling to the Mainland from Sodor and the Flying Scotsman wishes him luck. Back on Sodor, the City of Truro delivered the empty trucks and returned back to Kirk Machan. Much to his surprise, his passengers had suddenly disappeared only for Culdee to tell him that Emily took them back to Wellsworth instead, and that he needed to slow down and show respect.

On Tuesday, the City of Truro arrived early at the scrapyard as Reg noticed he dropped some scrap on the ground due to his full speed, much to his embarrassment. Harvey arrives with the leftover scrap the City of Truro dropped and reminds him to go back to the quarry to deliver stone to Brendam Docks. The City of Truo took off once again spreading steam all over Harvey and Reg as they coughed through it. City of Truro collected the stone trucks and rushed off so quickly he dropped some stone on the ground. As he arrived at the docks, he then realized his trucks weren't full enough for Cranky to load onto the waiting cargo ships. On Wednesday, he took the local to Brendam still going too fast that he sped past Reg causing him to spin round like a top. On Thursday, he took some empty express coaches from Vicarstown to Knapford, and screeched to a sudden stop causing the buffet car to go in a complete mess. Later that day, the engines and people wouldn't stop complaining about the City of Truro's behaviour and that something needed to be done about it.

By Friday, the City of Truro pulled into Tidmouth Hault as there no passengers in sight. Duck tells his friend that the people have decided to wait at Knapford instead. As the City of Truro pulled into Knapford, he saw an angry mob of passengers and engines staring at him. Even the Fat Controller scolds him for being a reckless engine instead of a useful one. Gordon tells a joke that the City of Truro was truly in trouble. On Saturday, the City of Truro was sent away back to the Mainland in disgrace as the engines were glad he was gone. They were very excited to see Edward return home from his service, and then Henry tells his friend that his passengers miss him even more. When Edward returned to his station on Monday morning, all of the passengers were delighted to see their old friend again. They boarded his coaches, and Edward puffed slowly and steadily to his branch line where he saw Trevor in his orchard who was very happy to see him again, and told him all about his adventure.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* City of Truro
* Flying Scotsman
* Harvey
* Emily
* Rosie
* Caitlin
* Philip
* Reg
* Duncan
* Bertram
* Ernest
* Culdee
* Shane Dooiney
* Alaric
* Trevor
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Dock Manager
* Sixteen (*cameo*)
* Stanley (*cameo*)
* Connor (*cameo*)
* Merlin (*cameo*)
* D199 (*cameo*)
* Sir Handel (*cameo*)
* Luke (*cameo*)
* Godred (*cameo*)
* Eric (*cameo*)
* Catherine (*cameo*)
* Merrick (*cameo*)
* Owen (*cameo*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Vicarstown Bridge
	+ Crovan's Gate
	+ Kirk Ronan Junction
	+ Tidmouth Sheds
	+ Knapford
	+ Wellsworth
		- Wellsworth Vicarage Orchard
	+ Kirk Machan
	+ Crocks Scrap Yard
	+ Blue Mountain Quarry
	+ Brendam Docks
	+ Tidmouth Hault
* The Mainland
	+ The Mainland Junction
* Vicarstown (*mentioned*)
* Furness Railway (*mentioned*)
* King's Cross (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* Andrew Hager as Culdee
* AngelsandArachnids as Caitlin
* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Percy
* Dana-Kenzie as Trevor
* Daniel Alsop as a Passenger
* DockTankDylan as Edward and Harvey
* Dueling Express as Duncan
* Electro Gamer as James
* Elliot Killick-Ward as Henry and Toby
* HeartCloud Productions as Emily and Rosie
* Holden Stafford as Duck and Cranky
* Joseph's Railway Studios as Reg and Shane Dooiney
* Mason Hagen as Flying Scotsman, Bertram and Ernest
* RhysIndividual as the Dock Manager
* Ryatron 12 as the Knapford and Wellsworth Stationmasters and a Passenger
* SteamTeam3211 as Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt
* SudrianRailwayStudios as Alaric
* The Expert 07 as Philip
* Tom Allmark as City of Truro

## Trivia

* Just like Thomas the Acrobatic Engine, this episode is also based off another Busy Buses episode, this time being Rick the Racing Bus with the beginning part based off the Season 20 episode, Engine of the Future.
* This is the first episode to feature Elliot Killick-Ward as Toby and Holden Stafford as Duck, both of which get the roles from Electro Gamer and Tommy Bauer respectively. However, the former actor's last episode as James and in the series altogether would be Emily and the Thin Clergyman.
* However, this episode marks the last of a few things:
	+ The second and last episode to have Dana-Kenzie as Trevor and SudrianRailwayStudios as Alaric who was mistakenly uncredited in this episode. Starting from Season 2, the former's role would go to Holden Stafford, and it is currently unknown who will take over the latter.
	+ The last episode to have Mason Hagen in the cast altogether as he was kicked out due to his ongoing dramas. It is also the last episode where he voices Flying Scotsman, Bertram and Ernest as their roles would eventually go to Shane Hayes SirHandel 16 (who joins the cast in the second season), LJ Productions and DockTankDylan respectively.
* This episode marks Rosie's only speaking role in the season as well as the only episode where she is voiced by HeartCloud Productions. In Season 2, the role was given to Teags Mid before being re-casted again by RosietheCutie1995 starting with The Rise of Spamcan.
	+ Rosie was also seen in her original mauve lilac livery implying that this episode may take place before her repaint.
* This episode also uses these references below:
	+ Henry mentions the events of *Henry Sees Red* from the Railway Series book, Henry and the Express.
	+ When the City of Truro first arrives at the sheds, Percy mentions the events from the Season 3 episode, Gordon and the Famous Visitor.
	+ Philip also mentions the events of the Season 19 episode, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead, of how he beat Gordon in his race to the docks.

## Watch Episode

Edward Goes to England (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 23)