(playful music)
(gentle music)
(Thomas whistling)
- [Alec] Thomas the t*nk
Engine enjoys taking specials.
Today he was bringing a
special to Brendam Docks.
His load was to go
onto a cargo ship.
The ship was scheduled
to depart at sundown.
Thomas had to get to
the docks before then,
but the load was very heavy,
so Thomas puffed as
hard as he could.
He pulled so hard, he
broke his coupling rods.
(brakes screeching)
He wasn't going anywhere.
"Oh, dear," Thomas
said, "I'll be late."
His driver saw an old
shed near the track.
"If there's a
telephone in there,
"I could call for
help," he said.
"Hurry," said Thomas, "and
be careful, it looks spooky."
(suspenseful music)
Then a voice boomed
from inside the shed.
"Do you mind?
"I'm trying to sleep!"
Thomas hoped it wasn't a ghost.
Then his driver appeared.
"Is it a ghost," asked
Thomas nervously.
"It's a surprise,"
his driver teased.
(playful music)
Then the fireman took
some of Thomas's coal
and headed off to the shed.
"She could get us to the
fitter's yard," his driver said.
"If her boiler holds," added
the fireman, anxiously.
(tools clattering)
"What kind of surprise is
that," Thomas wondered.
"Thomas, meet Elizabeth,"
said his driver.
(door hinges squeaking)
At last the doors opened
and out chuffed a dirty,
grimy steam truck.
"So, you're the little puffer
"that's broken
down," she sniffed.
Thomas was cross.
"And you're just an old
steam truck," he retorted.
"That would be vintage steam
truck," snapped Elizabeth.
"And I haven't much time
to get your coupling rods."
(Elizabeth honking)
The driver was concerned.
Elizabeth was making
awful grinding sounds.
(Elizabeth grinding)
"She's not built for
hills," he said anxiously.
"You're losing
steam," he called.
"Just catching my breath,"
Elizabeth chuffed.
And finally she made it.
When Elizabeth returned
with Thomas's coupling rods,
she was pleased with herself.
"And next time don't be
so careless," she scolded.
Thomas thought Elizabeth was
the rudest truck he'd ever met,
but he was very happy to
get his new coupling rods.
(playful music)
(Thomas whistling)
Thomas made it to the
docks just in time.
"What took you so long,"
said Sir Topham Hatt.
Thomas told him about
his broken coupling rods.
He wanted to tell him how
rude Elizabeth had been,
when she rolled up.
"Oh, it's you," said Elizabeth
looking down at Sir Topham Hatt.
"Have you learned to
drive properly yet?"
"She's in trouble now,"
said Thomas to his driver.
"Elizabeth," said Sir
Topham Hatt fondly.
"My first truck.
"I thought you had been lost."
They were old friends.
It was too much for Thomas.
Then Elizabeth told
Sir Topham Hatt
how she'd been left
in the shed for years.
Sir Topham Hatt was so pleased
Elizabeth had been found,
he asked Jem Cole to restore
her to her original beauty.
(Elizabeth honking)
And soon, Elizabeth
had a rich, dark color
and gleaming coachworks.
"You're the grandest truck
in the whole railway,"
Sir Topham Hatt said proudly.
"I know," said Elizabeth
even more proudly.
(Thomas whistling)
And Thomas had to agree.
She did look grand.
(Elizabeth honking)
(playful music)
06x05 - Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.