Liz's Journey The Beginning

Liz's Journey is a TAOS special focusing on a small tank engine named Eliza, who tries to find her brother Peter.

## Synopsis:

Years ago, there were two, little tank engines called Peter and Eliza and they worked happily at Oxford in the Great Western for many years. But after Peter caused an accident and was sent away, Eliza was left all by herself with no one but Meryl to keep her company. One night Eliza plucked up the courage to adventure out into the unknown to try and find Peter again and reunite with her long, lost brother.

## Plot:

The plot starts at the summer season of 1932, when Eliza was shunting the express coaches to Meryl, telling her to take care of the passengers, Meryl replied that not everything can have a good ending, like with Eliza and her brother Peter. Eliza asked Meryl if she was always alone, which to Meryl's responses that she feels like people don't respect steam engines anymore in favor of the diesel engines. Eliza then puffs down to where Peter was and asked if he needed help she accepts. A worker told Peter, referring to his number 1350, that the LMS needed a temporary station pilot. When he arrives, the LMS engines mock him, disrupting him to crash into a lake while pulling trucks away. That night he told Eliza he would be sold from the railway and Mr. Stevens called him reckless, clumsy,, and also called him the klutz of the railway. Eliza tried to comfort Peter by telling him to look up to the stars above them, telling Peter that she would see him when he departed. The next morning, however, Eliza found Peter was not in the sheds and asked Mr. Stevens where was Peter. To her shock, Mr. Stevens told her that he left already, claiming it to be better for her to take some rest instead of waking up just to say farewells. Meryl tried to cheer her up, despite Eliza still feeling sad from the news.

It later cuts to Peter, who stayed at the workshop shed. A stout gentleman came in, and bought Peter among other engines, renaming him "Percy" .

In the spring of 1954, Eliza was shunting the yard when she saw a pannier tank no.9401, being scolded by Mr. Stevens just by breaking his cylinders while pulling a goods train. After being ordered to shunt 9401 to the sheds, the little saddle tank offered to 9401, who referred to himself as Joseph, to take his train. Once Eliza left, Mr. Stevens found the situation and furious about it, and told Joesph to be withdrawn and scrapped the next morning. When Eliza arrived at her destination, she meets a 14xx tank. The loco found the train this stranger pulled was her first time it, not wanting just always shunting in the yard and proving she can do something more. The 14xx left and told his name as Oliver. Mr. Stevens scolded at Eliza, and warned her not to disobey his orders or would be ended up at scrap. Later, Eliza got corned by Meryl into the turntable when she entered the yard, saying that the world is a dangerous place, and even lied to Eliza that Peter was scrapped from his clumsiness, making Eliza burst into tears from losing her dearest brother.

In summer 1969. Liz puffs away and then talk to the City of Truro about what Meryl said the City of Truro says that Liz can leave and try to find Sodor.

## Characters:

* Eliza
* Meryl
* Joseph
* City of Truro
* Earl of Berkeley
* Peter
* Oliver
* Mr. Stevens
* Western
* Whistler
* Diesel
* Diesel 10
* Splatter and Dodge
* Arry and Bert
* Dennis
* Naval
* Sidney
* Carly
* Frankie
* Hurricane
* 16
* Mr. Jones
* Stacy Jones
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Gator
* Seraphim
* Unnamed LMS 4F
* Roderick *(Mentioned)*
* Levi *(Mentioned)*
* Goyle (Mentioned)
* William (Cameo)
* Isabel (Cameo)
* Toad (Cameo)
* Lady (Cameo)

## Cast:

* Liz Productions5784
* MrAthehedgehog
* TommyTheStarlightLover95
* RosietheCutie1995
* Serena-Leo Harper
* Tyler Hildebrand
* Mr.MerlinFan02
* NateTheGreat476
* Top Warrior
* Brandon Polley
* TheGermanofSodor
* Thomas&PokemonFan1997
* DarthWill3
* ChrisG09
* TicTonic1996
* Jonathan Asiamah
* Diesel20212
* Steven Garcia118
* Greyhound Productions
* Daniel Alsop
* LucaDollar
* Yilin Zhou
* Andrew Leago
* HeartCloud Productions
* AutumnK
* Lukas the Bowgart 26

## Timeline:

* Summer, 1932
* Spring, 1954
* Summer, 1969
* 2014
* 2015

## Goofs:

* Unnamed LMS 4F is shown to have a BR crest instead of the LMS lettering.

## Trivia:

* The film is an adaptation of Liz's Journey The Beginning, made by LizProduction5784 on DeviantArt.
* The special was supposed to be made in 2022 but ended up getting delayed.
* When Eliza is being taken to Bridlington by Whistler, there was new footage used for 1969 The Resistance.
* It is highly likely that Liz Productions5784 and MrAthehedgehog have plans for what happened to Meryl and Mr. Stevens during the rest of 1969 as it is never shown after Sidney's arrival and Meryl's nervous breakdown.
* It is obvious that Sidney's scene might be a foreshadowing for what happened to Meryl and Mr. Stevens.
* It is highly likely that Mr.MerlinFan02 recorded Mr. Stevens' dialogue before his break from the Thomas fandom.