(Intro Music)
- [Alec] Thomas, Percy
and James were looking
at the early morning sky.
Everyone's so much happier
when springtime
comes, said Thomas.
Everyone except Sir Topham
Hatt, grumbled James.
He seems to be working
us harder than ever.
I'm tired of these coastal runs.
He just wants everything to
be ready for the holidays,
replied Percy.
Anyway, salty air makes me
all cheerful in my smokebox.
Pha, snorted James.
It's the countryside that
really gets me fired up.
It's the only place to be.
And he puffed away to
collect his freight cars
from the docks.
Thomas and Percy had to
take some empty freight cars
to the scrap yards.
In a siding, they
saw an old coach.
She looked very sad.
What are you doing here?
They called me Old
Slow Coach and told me
I wasn't useful any more.
Now only the mice ride in me.
Well, you may be dusty but
you look in perfect shape.
The yard manager appeared.
Come along, I have freight
cars for you to take away.
Excuse me, said Percy's driver.
Can you tell us
about this coach?
Old Slow Coach?
She's been here for years.
She'll be broken up,
when we find the time.
The engines were dismayed.
We'll try and help
you, said Thomas.
But he didn't know how.
Meanwhile, James was
enjoying himself.
This is the life, he chortled.
But he was heading for trouble.
One of the fuel
cars was leaking.
Then, suddenly, it caught fire.
Oh, help! Cried James.
They reached a siding and
his driver gave the alarm.
It's fuel and it's dangerous.
As Thomas and Percy
approached the junction,
they saw the smoke and a
guard waving a red flag.
Sparks from James's
funnel have set
the cars ablaze, he called.
The fire is under control,
but it's quite a mess.
You said the countryside
got you all fired up James,
said Percy.
But I didn't think you
meant it in this way.
Huh, snorted James.
It was the stupid cars' fault.
Not mine.
It's safe to proceed
now, called the fireman.
Thomas and Percy now
felt sorry for James.
It wasn't long before
they reached the station.
Later, as they were having a
long drink at the water towers,
they suddenly heard a commotion.
What's the matter, Thomas asked.
It's another fire at
the workman's hut,
replied Thomas's driver.
We'd better see what we can do.
The fire engines
had a big problem.
We are completely out of
water, cried a fireman.
We can't use sea water
cause it clogs our works.
We'll just have to let
that building burn.
Then Thomas had an idea.
Why don't you use the
water in our tanks?
We've just refilled them.
The firemen wasted no time.
You're very clever engines,
chuckled their drivers.
Soon the fire was out, but the
hut where the workmen lived,
was destroyed.
The men can't sleep on the
beach, said the foreman.
What about old slow coach?
She would be perfect
for the workmen said Percy.
Comfy too, added Thomas.
What a good idea
Percy, said his driver.
They phoned Sir Tophamm
Hatt, who agreed.
She'll be spic and span by
the time you collect her.
And she was.
And very happy too.
I can't thank you enough.
I feel splendid.
The engines buffered up
to her and she set off
happily for her new home.
Everyone agreed there was
nothing old or slow about Coach.
And she will be always
be really useful indeed.
(Credit music)
05x16 - Thomas, Percy & Old Slow Coach
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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.