(whimsical music)
("Thomas the t*nk
Engine Theme Song")
- [Narrator] Every day where
the little engines work,
the crisp air is suddenly
filled with a familiar noise.
The lakes and mountains
have many visitors,
and Harold the
Helicopter flies the sky
making sure that no
one is in trouble.
(helicopter whirring)
- All present and correct.
Time to return to base.
- [Narrator] Then Harold
noticed something.
A sturdy diesel was coming
'round the mountain.
(lighthearted music)
Harold flew lower for
a closer inspection.
- I'm Harold, who are you?
- [Narrator] "I'm Rusty",
replied the diesel.
- Don't recall
seeing you before.
What brings you this way?
- [Narrator] "Sir
Topham Hatt sent me
to help the other
engines," huffed Rusty.
This was no time for a
chat with a helicopter.
- Well done! Cheers!
And keep up the good work!
(helicopter whirring)
- [Narrator] "Cheeky
chopper," muttered Rusty.
"Not long now,"
encouraged the driver,
"we'll soon be at
the top station!"
Peter Sam and Sir Handel
were glad to see Rusty.
Even so, Sir Handel
wouldn't stop grumbling.
The cars didn't like Sir Handel
and wanted to play
tricks on him.
(train tracks screeching)
"No one understands our
feelings," empathized Gordon.
"Now if you were ill, you
couldn't shunt cars, could you?"
"Good idea," replied Sir Handel,
"I'll try it!"
He did so next morning.
"I don't feel well," he groaned.
There wasn't time
to examine him,
so some of his cars were coupled
behind Peter Sam's coaches.
Rusty promised to
follow with the rest.
Peter Sam didn't
mind the extra work.
He left his coaches
at the station
and trundled cheerfully on.
Soon they reached the quarry
where the cars were needed.
Empty cars at the
bottom of the slope
are hitched to a cable.
Loaded ones at the top
are hitched to another.
By their weight, loaded cars
run down the steep slope
pulling the empty ones up.
(playful music)
Peter Sam duly waited at
the bottom of the slope
for the loaded cars.
He never bumped cars
unless they misbehaved,
but the loaded cars
couldn't see him properly.
They thought he was Sir Handel.
Their chance for
trickery had come.
"Faster, faster!" They yelled.
"No, no!" Wailed the empty cars,
"it's Peter Sam!"
But it was no use.
"Hoorah, hoorah!"
Roared the cars.
Peter Sam shut his eyes.
(crashing)
"Beep, beep," wailed Peter Sam.
Rusty was working near by
and came to help
clear up the mess.
"Bust my buffers,"
exclaimed Rusty.
"Never mind, Peter Sam,
we'll get you out!"
Peter Sam felt battered,
his funnel was cracked
and his boiler dented.
"Thank you, Rusty," he sighed
and limped slowly home.
(wheels turning)
"I'm sorry about your
accident," said Sir Handel.
"I always stand well
back. Cars don't like me."
- Why didn't you warn me?
- I didn't think!
- You never do!
You can start thinking now
while you're doing Peter Sam's
work as well as your own.
That'll teach you to
pretend you were ill.
- [Narrator] Sir Handel did
start thinking about Gordon.
When the wreckage
was cleared away,
Rusty set off along the line.
(helicopter whirring)
"Splendid to see you
again," whizzed Harold.
"I'm completing my
evening's look about."
- Well done, cheers!
And keep up the good work!
- [Narrator] And the little
diesel purred back home.
("Thomas the t*nk
Engine Theme Song")
04x08 - Trucks" "Rusty Helps Peter Sam
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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.