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[Music]
You Follow The Rainbow
sun to a shining time St
where Dreams
Come waiting there
The Midnight Special
for that you do
it I'm going to explain how the pulce
system works for the overnight mail
would you give me that mail sack please
Harry I'm sure your police system works
but I'm still going to have to spend the
night here wait and see how it works
before you side now we're going to
pretend this bag is full of mail fat and
heavy now The Midnight Special is going
to come roaring through it's going to
hold out its
mail
and our hook will pick it up and put it
on this line it'll run along here and go
out
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there to be picked up by the Daybreak
Express the all the the work is done for
you you don't have to spend the night
here are you really going to spend the
night here Stacy wow that's neat you
never did that before where will you
sleep in my sleeping bag I keep telling
you Stacy you don't have to spend the
night my police system will switch the
mail for you you don't have to be here
it's all automatic what if the mail gets
stuck in the middle oh I know I know it
probably won't but what if it does I
want shining time to be the most
Dependable station on the line so I'm
going to stay well if you're going to
stay I'll stay with you I can't leave
you here by
yourself are you going to sleep in
pajamas pajamas no I I think I'll sleep
in my clothes and then change in the
morning you get to sleep in your clothes
I still have to brush my teeth and wash
my face yes but you get to sleep in your
clothes I better go find my sleeping bag
I'll see you kids
later would you like to sleep here I
don't know do you think it would be
scary you mean like ghosts and
stuff no I'm not afraid of ghosts are
you afraid of ghosts I'm I
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I found this in the lounge car on the
express to tdle Junction some poor
fellow must have forgotten it hello you
two gracious you both look like you've
seen a ghost I knew it was Mr Conductor
um me too Mr Conductor who else of
course it's me who did you think it was
oh I see you saw that hat floating along
and you thought dear me spooky
wooky no no uh uhuh well it would scare
the dickings out of me if I saw a hat
floating around the room really I'd be
leaving in the air and screaming my head
off I was a little scared me too just a
little I was pretty
scared it was scary
I was about to
scream I was going to run for the door
really well you both certainly acted
Brave you know what they always say
fuzzy things are hairy but spooky things
are scary which reminds me of a story a
scary joke that Percy played on Thomas
come along and I'll tell you all about
it
The Ghost Train
[Music]
and every year on the date of the
accident it runs again as a warning to
others plunging into the Gap shrieking
like a lost soul Percy what are you
talking about the ghost train driver saw
it last night were asked Thomas and Toby
he didn't say oh it makes my wheels
wobble to think of it huh said Thomas
you're just a silly little engine I'm
not
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scared Thomas didn't believe in your
ghost said Percy next morning his driver
laugh neither do I it was only a pretend
ghost story Percy was
disappointed that evening he came back
from the harbor
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pery knew where he was even in the dark
Crow's Farm Crossing we shall be long
[Music]
now he likes running at night rails
hunged and the signal light Shone
green but a broken cartload of lime lay
ahead Sam the farmer had just gone for
help
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pery broke the car to
Smither lime flew everywhere he puffed
quickly to the nearest signal
box Percy's driver explained what had
happened I'll see to it said the
signalman but you'd better clean Percy
or people will think he's a
ghost Percy chuckled do let's pretend
I'm a ghost and scare Thomas that will
teach him to say I'm a silly little
engine Toby promised to
[Music]
help Thomas was being loed up for his
evening
train Percy's had an accident cried Toby
poor engine said Tom
botheration that means I'll be late
they've cleared the line for you but
there's something worse out with it Toby
I can't wait all evening I've just seen
something said Toby it looked like
Percy's ghost it said it was was coming
here to to to warn us huh who cares
don't be frightened Toby I'll take care
of you
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let me in let me in whale Percy no no
not by the smoke of my chimney chim chim
I'll Chuck and I'll puff and I'll break
your door
in oh dear exclaimed Thomas it's getting
late oh I had no idea oh I must find
Annie and
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clarabel it was morning when Thomas
returned where have you been asked Toby
ah well said Thomas I knew you'd be sad
about Percy and I U I didn't like to
intrude I slept in the freight shed
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and oh sorry can't stop got to see a
coach about to train
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Percy was none the worse for his
adventure and was still enjoying himself
enormously he had heard everything well
well well what do you know about that
anyone would think chuckle Toby that R
Thomas had just seen a
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The Conductor
ghost I think Thomas was silly to
imagine the Percy was really a ghost our
imaginations usually fill up more at
night than they do in the daytime and
Thomas has certainly did that night do
you ever spend the night here Mr
Conductor when I'm not out traveling in
far off lands I sleep in my bunk bed
right inside the switch house do you
sleep in your clothes goodness no I have
a lovely pair of brand new pajamas that
have Choo Cho trains all over them which
reminds me I must take them out of the
dryer I really love them when they're
still warm I'll see you later have it's
off to
you Mr Conductor sleeps here and sty and
Harry are going to sleep here let's ask
if we can sleep here
yeah and see see can we sleep here too
please please can we see see yes you
want to sleep here at the station yes
yes please can we oh I don't know oh
please you'll be sleeping here grandpa
will be sleeping here come on it'll be
fun well I'll tell you what if it's okay
with your parents I guess it's okay with
me too wait a minute wait a minute
that's it's not a yes yet Stacy
Jones how are
you Wendy brakman kids come over here
say hello to Wendy Wendy this is Matt
and Tanya hi Matt and Tanya are you a
magician or something well sometimes I
feel like one oh Wendy's an old friend
of mine and she has a wonderful Talent
she can make anything out of paper
including hats but I love making Mas oh
would you show the kids of course listen
I'll go call your parents and see if you
can spend the night oh thank you thank
you let's see what kind of masks should
we make scary Mas
yeah ooh that's a scary one want to see
another scary one yeah watch this wow I
wonder if you can guess it while I'm
cutting it out let's
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see anything here we go cut number two
cut number
three here we
go face yes what kind of a face a very
scary face chilling to the Bone that's a
clue finish up a scary eye and almost
done
o look at
that wow
okay oops there's my train got to go
goodbye Stacy oh good to see you Wendy
goodbye man bye okay got to cut out
[Music]
byee where our parents day what did they
say well they said yes you can stay
overnight great I'll go get you a couple
of sleeping bags terrific wait I can't
wait and what do you two shorter than
average people got to be so happy happy
about we're going to spend the night at
this station you're going to sleep here
the two of you are going to sleep here
yep for the entire night
yeah aren't you scared no scared of what
of what of everything of the Dark of the
boogeyman of the guy with his head on
backwards what guy had his head on
backwards the guy who used to scare The
Living Daylights out of me that's who
the guy with this head on backwards did
you ever see
him not exactly no I don't think there's
a guy with the head on backwards I think
it's just your imagination oh yeah yeah
yeah come on let's go outside and
play kids
nowadays they're just not afraid as they
should be like I
was I would be scared to death to sleep
here
without any lights
on without my
blankie without my
mommy I know that this place is haunted
why don't
[Music]
they genius time genius
time maybe what they need is something
to be afraid
[Music]
oh crazy desk
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01x19 - Things That Go Ga-Hooga in the Night
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A local named Horace Schemer, simply referred to as Schemer, runs the station's arcade and serves as the series' comic relief.
A local named Horace Schemer, simply referred to as Schemer, runs the station's arcade and serves as the series' comic relief.