(upbeat music)
(upbeat piano music)
- [Narrator] Stepney, the
bluebell engine was busy talking
to the other engines.
It was his first
visit to their railway
and he was having
a splendid time.
"You are very lucky
engines" he said.
"Your line has got everything!
"It's long enough to
give you a good run
"and you have plenty
of passengers.
"Then, you have a
quarry and a mine
"so you need plenty of cars.
"Cars are fun. I miss
them on our line."
Percy was surprised.
All the engines thought
cars were trouble.
"You're welcome to take
some of mine," he said.
"But you better
ask driver first."
Their drivers agreed and
the two engines set off.
(train horn toots)
(exciting music)
(train whistle blows)
Thomas and Toby were speechless!
Stepney took the
cars to the harbor.
(train whistles)
Then he picked up a load of
empty ones and started back.
Ahead was a Cricket field,
the game had just begun.
Stepney and his driver
had to wait at a signal.
"Good," said his driver.
"We can watch the game."
Then there was trouble.
The batsman hit the ball.
It flew high into the sky
towards Stepney's train.
"Clunk," went the signal.
"Thump," went the
ball into a car.
But neither driver
nor fireman heard it.
"Stop!" yelled the players,
but Stepney didn't hear them.
"Come along, come along,"
he puffed to the cars.
"Our one and only ball!"
cried the players.
"Wake up, Caroline," they
said to their old car.
"The chase is on!"
(car engine starting)
Caroline coughed crossly
and rolled down the road.
Stepney wasn't hurrying.
Caroline soon came up behind.
"Toot, toot!" She wailed.
The players shouted but
Stepney was still too far away
for his driver and fireman
to see or hear properly.
(car horn beeps)
They completely misunderstood.
"If those jokers want a
race," said the driver,
"They can have one.
"Faster, Stepney, faster!"
(train horn toots)
Poor Caroline
wasn't happy at all.
She rattled along at
twice her usual speed.
"I shouldn't be treated
like this," she grumbled.
"This pace is too
hot for my system.
"It'll fuse all my circuits!"
Suddenly Stepney was
no where to be seen.
"Yahoo, that silly train
has run into a hole
"so I can't catch it.
"I can go home now."
But she couldn't.
Her driver pounded Caroline
on up the steep hill
and then down the other
side towards the station.
Stepney was already there
when Caroline cluttered in.
(car horn beeps)
"We need our ball back,"
cried the players,
and explained everything.
The ball was nestled
under some straw
in the third car from the van.
"We found it," cried a player.
"We're sorry,"
sighed the driver.
"Oh, you couldn't help
it," replied the player.
"Now we must get back quickly."
"You'll be lucky,"
said the driver.
(sad music)
"Caroline looks worn out."
And she was.
The driver spoke to
the Station Master
and the Signal Man and
they all agreed on a plan.
Soon they had rolled
Caroline onto flat car
with a brake van coupled behind.
The players crowded inside and
Stepney pulled the train
back to the playing field.
(bouncy clarinet music)
Everyone enjoyed
watching the game.
(crowd cheering)
Even Caroline was pleased.
"She doesn't think
trains silly now."
"They have their uses.
"They can save wear and tear
on a poor car's wheels."
(upbeat piano music)
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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.