06x05 - Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck

[bunniefuu]

(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)